Our next lecture is tentatively scheduled to be over low-level control, but may be pushed back for other lecture needs. Low-level control essentially takes the directions and speeds from the high-level control (navigation) and converts it to voltages to power the drive motors. We will cover open/closed loop methods, error correction algorithms, and discuss our approach for TechBot.
We’ve decided to change the presentation order to something a bit more timelier. This coming monday Ben Eckarkt will teach us how to program robots using Python. For those that don’t know Python, don’t be discouraged. It is one of the easiest languages to pick up and the presentation is given so that anyone can start coding for our platforms.