First day of class
In theory, the difference between theory and practice is small. In practice, the difference between theory and practice is large.
Introduction
- Robotics is fun!
- Computer Science meets Software Engineering meets Math
- You don’t have to be an expert in all (or any)
- Very few Cosi courses involve hardware!
Overall Course Structure
- Two lectures + 1 Lab
- Lots of out-of-classroom work
- Final Project - work alone or in a team
Course Resources
- Cosi119 Slack Channels
- Ad-hoc Office Hours with Pito
- Latte vs. This web site + Gradescope
- Robotics Lab - Abelson Basement (Room 24)
Course Content
- Tour of this web site
- Autonomous Robotics
- Course Materials
NOTE Monday there will be a quiz on Python, Wednesday there will one for Shell
Lab
- Let’s walk down to the lab
- Meet the TAs:
- Adam Ring adamring@brandeis.edu
- Veronika Belkina vbelkina@brandeis.edu
- See some robots!
Why We Do This
