CS 154 Final Project
Demo: Thursday, April 30, 2009
Write-up: Saturday, May 9, 2009
Readings for the finale:
The Stanford Cart Ph.D. thesis, Chapter 2
by Hans Moravec
(provided in class)
Final project demos
Our current schedule is the following, for Thursday, 4/30:
- 9:45-10:15am Team Venture (Hank), Team Julien #0 (Chiara), Team Julien #1 (Chiara)
- 10:15-10:45am Team Ryan (iRobot), Team Andy P. (iRobot), Team PacMan (iRobot)
- 10:45am on Team Munchies (at Pomona)
Final project write-up
In order to focus on the final project itself (instead of its write-up),
the final webpage update isn't required until 5/9, while the final project demos
are on Thursday, April 30th.
Here are a few reminders of things to include on your final
project's webpage:
- Archive/zip files of all of your code and a short, one- or two- paragraph description
of what to look for - and look out for - if trying to use that code.
- Final pictures and movies from your project -- both in progress and
from the final project demos (I will post movies I take from
the final project demos so that you can link them in, but you
should consider taking a few of your own, as well.)
- A final description of your approach and the results of your project -- be sure to
highlight any algorithmic decisions that had an impact on
your robot's performance, as well as any design decisions: both
in terms of programming and in terms of the engineering of your
robot platform. How did things go, in the end?
- Some concluding comments for the project, including
how you might approach it differently if you were to undertake it
again and/or any overall impressions you took away from
working on the robot(s).