Day 2: (Thu Aug 31, Week 1) Webots Simulator Introduction

Notes for 2023-08-31.

New Assignments

New assignment, due Tue Sep 5 at noon: Exercise: Pendulum de Deux. Please submit documentation to the Assignment 1 Submission Form as per Documentation Procedure.

The sample worlds are all documented on Webots Robot Simulator Examples and can be downloaded together in the Webots.zip file.

Administrative

1. Most of you completed the RCP Fall 2023 Skill Survey, thank you.

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

3. Anyone try their card with the door lock?

4. Not directly course related, but an IDeATe offering: Basic Woodworking for Beginners, Sept 29, Oct 6, Oct 13. More info and signup form.

Words of the Day

Note: Non-Glossary

1. kinematics, degrees of freedom, state

2. control, closed-loop, feedback

3. movement primitive

Agenda

1. tour of the Webots robot simulator

   1. introduction to kinematics

   2. dynamic models

   3. contact models

2. walkthrough of exercise Python control code

3. in-class experimentation with simulator