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Welcome to Robotic Autonomy! There are four things you need to know.
One of them is located on this site, in
logistics: directions to Building 17 at
NASA/Ames where this course is held every day. Secondly, if you plan
to visit Robotic Autonomy, you are welcome to do so every Friday. Final
contests and exhibitions on Fridays begin at 2:00PM. If you are a parent,
you are also welcome to visit on Wednesday afternoons to see the team
challenges. Third, we have a
living website that documents both the weekly progress and the student
teams' learning processes. Go here
to begin exploring our weekly progress. Fourth, the original Robotic
Autonomy website still exists here
and has some useful background information and links.
Welcome to Robotic Autonomy! This is a temporary web page with important information that you need to know to prepare for the course. You all should have already received information on downloading and reading three chapters of a book on Robotics to provide you with background information. As you read these chapters, if you have question, please feel free to contact Illah to discuss the reading.
There are several very important points in the pages linked above. First of all, we will have a kickoff meeting during the first hour of class on Monday. We encourage your parents to also come for this introduction to the course. After this we will have a small welcome reception, including some snacks. So please invite them to stay for that. The opening day link has this information.
There is a nice picture of the building where we will be having class, Building 17 at NASA/Ames, on the directions page. Check that out.
Finally, the most important information in this web site is contained in logistics. We explain there how you will get on the NASA base, what time we expect you to arrive and leave each day, and how to handle lunch. The arrival and departure times are especially strict. Read that section carefully.
We look forward to seeing you in less than two weeks,
The staff of Robotic Autonomy