Day 2: (Thu Sep 2, Week 1) Webots Simulator

Notes for 2021-09-02.

New Assignments

  1. New assignment, due Tuesday noon: Exercise: Smart Conveyor Simulation

Administrative

  1. Most of you completed the RCP Fall 2021 Skill Survey, thank you.

  2. Most of you have filled office hours poll, thank you. I’ve started posting appointment slots, please see office hours information.

  3. Did anyone have trouble getting the simulator and Python installed?

  4. Anyone try their card with the door lock?

Words of the Day

Note: Non-Glossary

  1. kinematics, degrees of freedom, state, holonomic

  2. manipulation, non-prehensile, underactuation

  3. movement primitive

Agenda

  1. tour of the Webots robot simulator and introduction to kinematics

  2. related videos (below). See also Videos of Related Work

  3. in-class experimentation with simulator

  4. breakout prompt: what kind of performance could be structured around the conveyor device?

    1. What would your choice for the manipulated object?

    2. What movements would that suggest?

    3. What would that mean to you?