Lectures
The 2026 class will be held in person, in MIT Beaverworks, Building NE45-202c.
PDFs of Lectures from 2.680, Spring 2026, will be posted on the day of the lecture or a day or two before.
- Lecture 1: Introduction to the class (2025)
- Lecture 2: Introduction to MOOS
- Lecture 3: Introduction to MOOS Programming
- Lecture 4: MOOS Programming II
- Lecture 5: Introduction to Autonomy
- Lecture 6: Multi-Vehicle Missions
- Lecture 7: Intro to IvP Helm and Behaviors
- Lecture 8: TSP Lab Debugging Tips
- Lecture 9: A Deeper Dive into Helm Behaviors
- Guest Lecture: Gander Robotics: Michael Autery, P.E., MIT Sloan Fellows MBA Candidate, Class of 2026. CEO and Founder of Gander Robotics, a defense startup building robotic and autonomous solutions for non-kinetic military problems. Their flagship product, Autonomous Rescue Swimmer, is a throwable unmanned submersible for man-overboard and maritime search-and-rescue. Before Sloan, Michael was in the Navy for 15 years, the final 10 years as a Civil Engineer Corps officer.
- Lecture 10: Inter-Vehicle Messaging
- Guest Lecture: Jeremy Wenger: Talk PDF Introduction to the Blueboat USV. The Blue Robotics Blue Boat is slowly growing in popularity among marine researchers due to its affordability and size. This talk addresses the current state of the Blue Boat open-source community as well as the MIT Marine Autonomy Lab's adaptation of the Blue Boat. Students will receive a high-level overview of important modifications made to the vehicle to improve performance as well as additional context for how the vehicles are being used in current research. By the end of the lecture, students will have insights into this specific implementation of a front-seat / back-seat autonomy system and how their future code fits into this structure.
Lectures from 2.680, Spring 2025.
Lectures from 2.680, Spring 2021.
Lectures from 2.680, Spring 2020.
- Lecture: Nested Autonomy
- Lecture: Marine Vehicle Applications, video recording
- Lecture: Ocean Acoustic Environment, video recording
Click here for this year's lecture schedule.