Day 18: (Thu Oct 31, Week 10) Programming

Notes for 2024-10-31.

Assignments

New assignment, due Thu Nov 7: please individually choreograph and program a performance script at least a minute long, then document result in Assignment 7 Shared Folder. Please include a paragraph of text outlining your objectives and result along with your code, images, and a video.

Administrative

Please remember we do not have class on Tue Nov 5 for Democracy Day.

Agenda

1. Walk through sample performance scripts and answer questions:

   • https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/16-375/f2024/Python/theater/demo-arm.py

   • https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/16-375/f2024/Python/theater/demo-boom-wheel.py

2. Software requirements:

   • https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/16-375/f2024/zip/theater.zip

   • pip3 install python-osc (from Python 3 Installation)

   • demo-arm.py or demo-boom-wheel.py

3. Software documentation:

   • Theater Control System

   • Theater System Overview

   • Theater System Operation

   • Theater System OSC Protocol

4. Discuss next steps

   • revising boom-wheel base

   • adding additional arm freedoms

   • setting up vision system