6.141/16.405J Spring 2015

Robotics: Science and Systems I


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6.141/16.405J - RSS Labs

Lab Hours:

    You are allowed to use the lab space at 38-630 during posted lab hours:
    Sun:1pm-11:45pm
    Mon-Thu:9am-11:45pm
    Fri:9am-5:15pm
    Sat: Closed
The 38-630 lab area is also open by arrangement with the course staff.
For Spring Break & Holiday Hours, please see the EECS lab hours webpage at
http://www.eecs.mit.edu/resources/eecs-instructional-laboratories/

Lab Rules

MIT EECS Engineering Design Studio (EDS) in 38-501:

     April 1st (Wednesday): Open House starting at 4pm
    Starting Monday, April 14th, there will be open lab hours from 2pm - 5pm in EDS, where students can come work on whatever they'd like. This will run for about a month. Students will have access to general workspace, components, and pretty much any of the basic tools, solder gear, scopes, etc. they need.
    During this first month of operation, there will be machine tutorials from 2-2:30pm, twice a week for 2-3 weeks. Dave Lewis & Gavin Darcey will be teaching the basics of the laser cutter and thermoformer, as well as some of the other EDS machines.

Lab (Electrical) Safety

Lab Staffing Schedule TBD

    The LAs and TAs will be available during many of the Lab Hours noted above, as well as some times outside of the Lab Hours noted above. Once these hours are finalized, they will be posted on the RSS course wiki. Until then, notice will be sent via email to the RSS-students list. These additional LA/TA hours are to help you if you have questions on the lab or to checkoff sections of the lab.

Guide to Subversion use in RSS

Lab Handout: Engineering Meta-Tools


Lab 1: System Overview and Introduction to the µORCboard
Handouts:

Lab 2: Motor Control & Chassis
Handouts:
Online Reference(s):
Lab 3/4: The Robot Operating System (ROS) and Visual Servoing
Handout:

Lab 5: - Local Navigation and Error Analysis
Handout:
  • Lab Procedure

Lab 6: - Motion Planning
Handout:
  • Lab Procedure
Online reference(s):
  • Javadocs

Lab 7: Grasping
Handout:
  • Lab Procedure
Online reference(s):
  • Robotic Arm Assembly Instructions
  • Sharp IS471F Datasheet
  • Breakbeam Sensor Wiring

Challenge
Useful resources:
  • Kinect Tutorial
  • Challenge Map

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