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Provisional Marks

Provisional results are available from Your Marks. Please check that all the marks have been entered correctly. If your Grade is "WD", it's because your group has not returned their kit yet. Bring it to one of my consults (Mon 12-2 (but not on July 7) or Wed 3-4).

Returning Your Kit

I'll be in the consulting room G01 in the CSE building (K17) Wed 3-4 Thur 4-5 and Fri 2-3 so you can return your robot kit. You can also return it next week at my consults (Wed 3-4 - no consult on Monday because it's a holiday). Make sure that you have taken a picture of your robot to include in your report before you take it apart.

My video of the robot rescue, and my photos.

Your Marks

I've updated Your Marks to include all the CPR marks, the performance and report marks for Robot Sumo, the preliminary maze running, the final maze performance and competition (spreadsheet with maze results) and the mark for your maze design. Please check and let me know if there are any mistakes.

Week 12 Activities

Monday 2-4 Law G04 is the final testing of your robots' ability to rescue a water bottle from a maze.

Thursday 2-4 is back in Clancy for a wrap up and to see how students went in the other projects.

Friday 5pm your final report is due. Don't forget that you need 10 weeks worth of entries in your diary to get 5 marks, so if you missed a week, you can make up for it with a diary entry this week.

On Friday the iPeer evaluation will enabled. This one will affect the group marks you get. Don't forget to do it, because the group mark will decrease if you don't do it.

And don't forget to check your marks! If you think that there are any mistakes, come see me.

Week 11 Activities

Because people wanted a bit more time, the final testing will not start till Thursday 2-3pm (in Law G04). We'll do one maze run that day, and two more on the Monday of week 12.

I'll be at the lecture on Monday 2pm if there are any questions.

Week 10 Activities

Mon 2-3 will be a talk from Claude Sammut in Law G04 about the CSE project building a robot to compete in the international Robocup rescue competition.

I'm told that we can have the lecture theatre till 4pm, so I'm giving people a chance to complete the preliminary mazes for half marks -- so from 3-4pm if you can complete a maze you haven't done so far you can get 1 mark (or 0.5 marks if you just bump into the bottle without detecting it.)

Thursday 2-3pm in Law G04 is a question and answer session about the final testing next week.

Don't forget to do ipeer and write in your diary!

IPeer

I've set up iPeer so you can give feedback to other members of your team. Please check your CSE email for your password to login to iPeer.

There is a practice evaluation running until Thursday 22nd May (not the 15th, which is what I wrote in the email). This one won't affect the mark the other team members get, but please do the evaluation so you know how the system works.

Week 9 Activities

The preliminary maze testing went pretty slowly, so I'm adding one more testing session on Thursday. So there are two more chances to get the marks: Mon 2-3 and Thursday 2-3pm. Note that this is for 10 of your final marks in this course. Marks so far.

Some pictures I took of the maze running.

The Calibration and Peer Assessment part for Phase 3 must be completed by Friday 5pm. Submission instructions

Week 8 Activities

Monday 2pm in Law G04 I'm going to talk about solving mazes. Thursday 2pm in Law G04 will be preliminary maze running. There are 5 mazes. For each maze, you get 1 mark if your robot bumps into the bottle, and the second mark if you make a sound when you find the bottle.

Maze 1: No junctions, just follow the line.

Maze 2: Two junctions, no loops, solvable by right (or left hand) rule.

Maze 3: Three junctions, loops, solvable by right (or left hand) rule.

Maze 4: Four junctions, loops, solvable by right (or left hand) rule.

Maze 5: Six junctions, loops, not solvable by right (or left hand) rule.

I'll bring the mazes to my consult on Wednesday at 3pm so you can test them in advance.

Your PortfolioSubmission for Phase 3b is due Friday 5pm.

Communications Test

I've copied the results of the CommunicationsTest from WebCT over to the wiki. You can check your results by clicking on the Your Marks link in the side bar.

Week 7 Activities

Monday 2 pm you have a lecture in the Physics Theatre on Evaluating the Design (the third phase of the design process). Before the lecture you must submit your individual pre-work for Phase 3 of your LearningPortfolio using IndividualProjectSubmission on the wiki. Thursday 2pm is in Law G04 and I'll be talking some more about NQC.

The Calibration and Peer Assessment part for Phase 2 must be completed by Friday 5pm. Submission instructions

Robot Sumo -- The Reckoning

Here are the results of the Robot Sumo competition

Also, check out the YouTube of the competition and my photos.

I hope everyone had fun!

Overweight Robots

As per this forum discussion, if (and only if) there is enough demand, one of the NXT round robins will be for robots over 800 g.

Week 6 Activities

Monday 2pm in Law G04 is the RobotSumo tournament. Try to get there early (like 1:55) so we can do the weigh in and you can calibrate your light sensors. The tournament will run as 3 six team round robins (two NXT and one RCX). Performance marks will be based on ranking in the round robin. But we'll have a play off amongst the winners for bragging rights.

Thursday 2pm in Physics is a lecture on team development.

Your PortfolioSubmission for Phase 2b is due Friday 5pm.

Your team's RobotSumo report is also due Friday at 5pm.

And don't forget to write in your diary!

Guidelines for Peer Assessment

I've uploaded some guidleines for calibration and peer assessment. Please read them before submitting your peer assessment.

Week 5 Activities

Monday 2 pm you have a lecture in the Physics Theatre on Conceptual Design (the second phase of the design process). Before the lecture you must submit your individual pre-work for Phase 2 of your LearningPortfolio using IndividualProjectSubmission on the wiki. Thursday 2pm is in the Physics Theatre and is Pamela Mort on report writing. Her slides.

The Calibration and Peer Assessment part for Phase 1 must be completed by Friday 5pm. Submission instructions

The RobotSumo tournament is on Monday of week 6. You really want to have some practice matches with other teams this week. I'm designating Tuba lab (in EE undercroft) as the official place for these. Put the time when your team wants a match on the Challenges page.

Don't forget to write in your diary!

Sample Submission

I've uploaded an example phase 1 submission that might help if you are unsure what your portfolio submission should look like.

Week 4 Activities

Monday 2pm in Law G04 Richard Buckland will talk about how to work in groups. Thursday 2pm in Law G04 I will continue the introduction to NQC. Lecture Slides.

Your PortfolioSubmission for Phase 1b is due Friday 5pm. Make sure you log onto the CPR system and take the guided tour well before then.

And don't forget to write in your diary! Your tutor will check it every week.

Week 3 Activities

Monday 2 pm you have a lecture in the Physics Theatre on Problem Definition (the first phase of the design process). Before the lecture you must submit your individual pre-work for Phase 1 of your LearningPortfolio using IndividualProjectSubmission on the wiki. I've copied the ProjectOverview to the wiki, so you no longer have to use WebCT for anything.

Your team will have a tute and a lab from 3-5pm on Monday or Thursday. Do not go to the tute and lab listed on myunsw. Go to the one listed for your team.

Thursday's lecture is in Law G04 and is an introduction to Lego and NQC. Lecture Slides.

Not in a Team/Want Another Member

If your team has only four members you are at a disadvantage. On the GroupWanted page, students can post an ad explaining what they can offer your team.

If you are not in a team, you will fail this course unless you join a team. Post an ad on the GroupWanted page, and convince a team to invite you to join them.

Missing/Extra Lego

If you are missing lego pieces and/or have extras come to one of my consults and I'll provide you with what's missing.

Note that the NXT kits come standard with just one light sensor. We've given you an extra one, but it's an RCX light sensor (a 2x4 blue brick).

Team Formation

Everyone on the signup sheets is now in a team. CategoryTeampage has a list of all the teams. I've also added a link to your team from your home page. Note that team pages can only be seen by members of that team and the tutors.

I've also created a private forum for each team at CSE forums. But I can only make it accessible to you if you register at CSE forums. So if you register you won't see your team's private forum until a day or so has passed and I run my script again.

Week 2 Activities

On Monday you have a review of the impromptu design exercise in Clancy.

On Thursday at 2pm in Law G04, we will form groups for the project. After the lecture you will meet your tutor and we will give you your robot kit. It is very important that you come to this lecture.

Week 1 Activities

The first lecture is Monday Mar 10 2pm in Clancy Theatre. On Thursday starting at 2 there is an impromptu design activity. Where to go for the impromptu design. To find out about the CSE project, read the ProjectBrief.

O-Week Activities

ENGG1000 is compulsory for students in Computer Engineering and optional for Software Engineering and Computer Science students. To help you decide whether to take it, at 2pm on Monday Mar 3, in the K17 Level 1 Seminar Room, I'll have a short talk to tell about the course and answer any questions. Don't forget to check out the rest of the CSE O-Week program!