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September 03, 2004
What will be going on this year?
We've got a some plans--no secret documents yet--but plans.
Our thought was a more structured introduction to programming mobile agents (read: LEGO robots) in the autumn term, and from there break into Ninja CSCS Squads in the spring. Or something. Yeah.
The intention is that Christian (mostly) will take the group through an introduction to occam on the LEGO Mindstorms; material will be appearing here over time, for those who want to peek. We'll be doing this for a few reasons. First, occam is used here at Kent, so learning it can only be a benefit to all concerned. Second, it's a very powerful language when it comes to programming things that either happen in parallel or involve communication: both of these happen a lot in robotics. And third, but not least, we think this is a good combination of technologies, and will set us up for more cool stuff in the spring.
The culmination of the autumn term will be a competition, and we'll hype that up. I imagine we will have a few speakers throughout the autumn, and overall it should be good times. Looking into next term, we're thinking small software projects, additional robotics (with the larger platforms--perhaps some of you will want to work on those sooner rather than later), WiFi on handhelds, and other stuff like that.
Hope that sounds good to y'all.
Posted by mjadud at September 3, 2004 11:41 AM
Comments
Is occam going to be 'ok' for new students who might never have programmed before?
Posted by: Rob at September 3, 2004 02:11 PM
"Ninja CSCS Squads in the spring"
I really do hope we do this it would be soooooooooo cool!
I think we should worry more about me with occam than new Students Rob ;-) Sure they be fine, one good thing about cscs is that if people dont understand anything they jsut have to say and it will be explained to them. If Steve can get it any one can ;-) ;-)
Posted by: Steve at September 5, 2004 06:24 PM