Creative Programming Assignment 2008

The book Learning Processing: A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction by Daniel Shiffman. is now available at LUCID.

• Please read AssignmentDescription.

• Before the first lecture, try to install Processing on your laptop.

• Always bring with you your laptop (and later in the assignment also the AdMoVeo robot), with fully charged batteries and power cables.

• Later in the assignment you will also have to install the Arduino software and prepare the AdMoVeo robot for the assignment.

Schedule

Please note that the assignment starts on Wednesday, November 4, 08:45 – 10:30 hrs. The location for this first week will be in Kennispoort, Grote Zaal, first floor.

The weeks thereafter the assignment is scheduled on Wednesdays as well, same time 08:45 – 10:30 hrs, but location will be AUD.1.

Deliverables

• Every week you will be given some tasks as homework. One of these tasks is obligatory and the result of this task must be delivered.

  • Deadline: 5 PM, Monday.

  • Zip the results(sketchbook, data files, images etc) into one single zip file, name it as follows:

    Group<number>_Week<weeknumber of assignment>_s<studentnumber>.zip

    For example:

    Group2_Week3_s050123.zip

    Using this naming scheme is important, or your submission will be ignored.. Also see Windows Help for how to zip and unzip files in Windows.

  • Deliver the zip file
    • via email
    • as the only attachment
    • to your student assistant.

    • The subject of the email must be "CreaProDeliverable" -- Nothing more, nothing less.

    See HERE for the student assistant to whom you should deliver the result.

  • You are allowed to work together. But clearly mention the student number of the ones you have worked with in the head of your source code as a comment.

• You are challenged to deliver a demonstration with the robot (if you prefer, and with visuals) to show what you have learned from the assignment, to show your capability of reading and understanding the documentations, and to show your creativity. (You'd better start earlier during the assignment, so that you can see it evolving, and get the help from other students, possibly as well as the student assistants):
  • No lectures will be given specially for the robot. You are challenged to read and understand the documentations. These documents are available on the assignment wiki.

  • If you manage to deliver such a demo, AdMoVeo must be used.

  • Examples of things (these are just examples!) you can do with AdMoVeo:

    • Let AdMoVeo dance with your hand.

    • Let AdMoVeo dance with music.

    • Let AdMoVeo follow a line.

    • Use AdMoVeo LEDs as disco lights

    • Let AdMoVeo follow a light.

    • Let AdMoVeo read a map and plot the map on the screen

    • … anything else not in this list
  • What you are expected to deliver (to the student assistants):

    • A link to a YouTube video that shows the behavior of the robot. The video must be titled as CreaPro 2008 AdMoVeo: <your title> by <your name> and <your name>. In the description you should briefly explain your creation.

    • The source code
  • When you are expected to deliver: one day before the exhibition. That is 5PM, Wednesday, January 7, 2008.

  • Six demos will be selected for the “wall of fame” of the assignment. The videos of these demos will be permanently shown on the assignment wiki, and on AdMoVeo.nl

  • You may show your demo as part of your exhibition, but you don’t have to. It is up to you.

Student assistants

• During the assignment the student assistants will try the help you out:

  • RvdW: Rick van de Westelaken <h DOT f DOT m DOT v DOT d DOT westelaken AT student DOT tue DOT nl>

  • JS: Jesper Schwachöfer <j DOT m DOT p DOT schwachofer AT student DOT tue DOT nl>

  • WvD: Wouter van Dijk <w DOT s DOT v DOT dijk AT student DOT tue DOT nl>

  • MM: Marnick Menting <m DOT h DOT menting AT student DOT tue DOT nl>

  • JD Jasper Dekker <j DOT b DOT dekker AT student DOT tue DOT nl>

  • SF: Sjef Fransen <j DOT g DOT m DOT fransen AT student DOT tue DOT nl>

• What can you expect from the student assistants:

  • always try to solve the problems by yourself first, or preferably together with your fellow students.

  • the student assistants will provide you with a schedule (when and where they are available for you).
  • the student assistants may help you if you have problems in
    • getting the working environment (i.e. Processing) installed.
    • getting the robot ready (hardware, software and firmware).
  • if you really get stuck with a particular practical problem, and have a clear question for the assistants.

  • you always deliver your homework to the student assistants. See HERE for the student assistant to whom you should deliver your homework.

• What you should not do with the student assistants:

  • You will not expect the answers from the student assistants if the question is already listed in FrequentlyAskedQuestions.

  • No emails with questions. Questions should be asked and answered only during the meetings.