SRO Meeting with Reena Pau and Son Hoang¶
SourceBots summer school 2021¶
- We could do a sourcebots-like event. Completely online and we can use python.
- Virtual breakout rooms, could be hosted on teams.
- Can be done better this time.
- Matches can be spaced out every weekend. Like SR.
- Students in each group will not know each other.
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Collaborative code environment (like google docs). We would need to consider a version control system.
- Github code space
- Vs code live share
- Repl.it (https://repl.it/)
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Concerns about people who do not know how to program
- They should get a head start
- Everyone will need to contribute to the project, otherwise the strong programmers will do everything
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We will use timetabled sessions
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The game could be something that would not be possible in the real world (i.e something that isn’t a robot simulator).
- The issue about making a robot simulator game is that you will need to model an arena
- We might want to consider allowing students to customize robots.
- They could customize the appearance of the robot
- They could customize the arrangement of the sensors on the robot (although this would be difficult).
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We could simulate the electronics of the robot.
- https://robotbenchmark.net/
- We could run simulations without rendering it (for a dry test run, hasn’t been tested yet)
- Talk to Jake Howard, Peter Law, Oliver Wales.
- We can bump up the number of students participating from 30 to 50 or beyond.
- We could use remote compute servers.
Society tasks that need to be done¶
- Emphasis on doing meetings for freshers.
- sro@soton.ac.uk needs to be fixed.
- Power Boards: Waiting on approval for finance. Some components at Farnell are out of stock. The components need to be replaced.
- We can work to get the kit finished and prepare for SourceBots 2022 this academic year.
- Son has received some kit as part of the orders before the lockdown.
- We need to audit the kit database.