Courses/Robotics 101
| Robotics 101 | |
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| Status | From 26th Jan 2015 |
| Day | Monday |
| Time | 18:00 - 20:00 |
| Description | |
| A series of practical lab sessions where students will work with a robot they have built, from a provided kit. This course is aimed at those who want to understand the fundamentals of programming and electronics and wish to apply these to robotics. | |
| Leaders | |
| Course Leader | Yoshimasa Sano, Adam Heywood |
| Helpers | Julius |
ICRS Robotics 101 is our most popular course and it is designed for newcomers to robotics. It will be run as a series of practical lab sessions where students will work with a robot they have built, from a provided kit. If you wish to complement your degree and learn new, vital skills then please don't hesitate to sign up. On completion, you will receive a certificate to recognise your time and effort. More importantly, you will have gained new skills in electronics, programming and robotics. This course is aimed at those who want to understand the fundamentals of programming and electronics and wish to apply these to robotics.
Overview
The course will be made up of 6 sessions hosted on Thursday evenings at 6pm. The course is run twice throughout the year, once during the autumn term and once in the spring term. The timetable for the second term course in 2014/2015 follows:
| Date | Time | Topic |
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| Jan 26th | 18:00 – 20:00 | Introduction |
| Feb. 2nd | 18:00 – 20:00 | A Robot's brain |
| Feb. 9th | 18:00 – 20:00 | I can feel |
| Feb. 16th | 18:00 – 20:00 | Fear of darkness |
| Feb. 23rd | 18:00 – 20:00 | Irdly see you |
| Mar.2nd | 18:00 – 20:00 | Here to servo |
Each session is approximately 2.5 hours long, however students are welcome to stay for as long as they like or until security throws them out of the building. Each session is a practical lab session where the students are given a task to complete. Each student has access to their own personal robotics kit but is encouraged to collaborate with other students. A short briefing will be provided at the beginning of each session but the emphasis during these sessions is on practical experience. All resources required will be provided online and students are strongly encouraged to look through these before attending the robotics session.
Due to a limited number of computers and there inability to install drivers, students are highly recommended to bring their own laptops to program their robots on.
Note: you will have to be an ICRS member to register for the course. To buy membership, click here.
Applying for the course
- The course will open for enrolment next year before the course stars.
- Only ICRS members will be eligible for course enrolment (ICRS membership details can be found here)
- The course costs £20.
- Places are offered on a first-come first-serve basis, up to a maximum of 20 students.
- The course will be run twice through the year so do not be afraid if you fail to secure a place the first time.
- Payment for everything is done via the union website
Objectives
- Bridge the technical gap for beginners to the exciting world of robotics
- Gain practical experience in electronics, programming and robotics though fun, useful and interesting activitiesRobotics 101 Instructors
- Think creatively about solutions to problems and tasks
- Expand awareness of robotics and the field's growing importance
Syllabus
The robotics course is run for 7 weeks and it is strongly recommended that students look through the online resources before attending the practical sessions. A list of the lessons is shown below, with each page containing the relevant material for that session.
Tips : you can use the Course Lesson Navigation Pane at the bottom of this page to quickly navigate between the lessons
Instructors
The following is a list of instructors involved in the robotics course. Please feel free to contact them if you have any questions.
| Instructor | |
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| Yoshimasa Sano | yoshimasa.sano13@imperial.ac.uk |
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Risk Assessment: File:101RiskAssessment2013.doc
