Topics for Chalk Talks

Beginner’s Chalk Talk Topics

  • where to start (overview of kits, tips for modifying) – Pete 2/6/2010
  • basic electronics (resistors, transistors, etc.) – Monty
  • power sources (battery tech)
  • system level requirements (spec sheets, important parameters for various parts – motors, etc.)
  • microcontrollers – Don
  • basic physics – Jeff
  • mechanical building techniques – Mark M.
  • electrical building techniques
  • debugging techniques
  • physical computing – Don
  • educational robotics – Steve
  • transistors – Bill
  • Eagle Schematic and Board Layout Software (special workshop series)
  • RC-servo control – Scott 12/10
  • stepper motor control
  • talking to sensors (analog, digital, I2C, SPI)

Advanced Chalk Talk Topics

  • iphone robotics – Pete 2/6/2010
  • swarm robotics – Monty
  • subsumption architecture – Perkowski?
  • android robotics – (name of person from Ryan) and Don
  • Bluetooth / Zigbee / wireless – Pete
  • Advanced physics – kinematics (statics & dynamics) – Tim
  • RTOS’s (why use them?) – Mark M.
  • Stanford and MIT online lectures?
  • Machine vision – Paul B.?
  • Open CV – Don
  • Sensor interfacing, processing, fusion (GPS, rangers, etc.) – Pete
  • FPGAs – Jeff
  • Bayesian Particle Filtering part 2 – Bart M.?
  • Visual Servoing (CSAIL / MIT) MIT CSAIL Curriculum
  • brushless DC motor control – group research for 12/10

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