Day 2: (Thu Aug 29, Week 1) Webots Simulator Introduction

Notes for 2024-08-29.

New Assignments

New assignment, due Tue Sep 5 at noon: Exercise: Arm Theater. Please submit documentation to the Assignment 1 Shared Folder prior to class.

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

Administrative

1. All of you completed the RCP Fall 2024 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. Please remember, special IDeATe fire extinguisher training sessions on Friday September 6 in HL 106B (Studio A):

   • 11AM-12:30PM

   • 2PM-3:30PM

   • please sign up via this form: EH&S Fire Extinguisher Training @ IDeATe

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

   • introduction to kinematics

   • dynamic models

   • contact models

2. walkthrough of exercise Python control code

   • Arm Theater

3. in-class experimentation with simulator

4. breakout session: what kind of installation should we make?

Breakout Notes

1. create a sense dissatisfaction or inconclusion

2. create a slowly blooming garden with biomorphic forms, a kind of clock or orrery conveying slowness