Welcome to SDP 2016

Main Links

• The SDP Course Page can be found here http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/sdp/
• Pitch Feed - Room 3.D03 :- http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sdptest
• Pitch Feed - Room 3.D04 :- http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sdp-second-pitch-cam
• Our Rules :- http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/sdp/rules/rules.html
• How to prepare a good final day presentation: Giving-a-talk_HT_KFH.pdf

Facilities and Hardware

• SDP Resources Guide
• Arduino Uno
• RF Command Mode Setup Information
• Panasonic NV-GS230EB Digital Video Camera
• KWorld VS-USB2800D USB DVD Maker
• Haupage Video Impact 0058 Capture Card
• Bricklink - The Ebay of Lego Parts
• Pick A Brick - Legos own Parts Store

Software

Installing software on DiCE yourself - http://computing.help.inf.ed.ac.uk/installing-software

V4L4J - http://code.google.com/p/v4l4j/

System Architecture

Hayden Ball, JP Larsson and Francisco Vargas gave a presentation in week 2 (2016) on System Architecture.

The slides can be found here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WTpXFZLA94yyx6Nwq0De0piW7qaGuV99A2c8Mv9FjvA/edit?usp=sharing

Essential Robot Building Information

Lego Robot Building Guide Some Basic Tips to get you started :- http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/gde/work/sdp/Robot_Construction_Guide.odt

The Art of Lego - http://www.cs.tufts.edu/comp/150IR/artoflego.pdf

Lego Design information - http://www.clear.rice.edu/elec201/Book/legos.html

How Lego Gearing Works - http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/%7Ejuliano/csci224/Slides/03%20-%20Gears%20Pulleys%20Wheels%20Tires.pdf

Lego Motors detailed info - http://www.philohome.com/motors/motorcomp.htm

Robot Battery Life Calculator - http://www.societyofrobots.com/battery_calculator.shtml

SDP Arduino library - include this from your Arduino code - http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/gde/work/sdp/SDPArduino.zip

Arduino Motor Test Code - look at this to see how to speak to the motors - http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/gde/work/sdp/SDPMotorTest.zip

Rotary Encoder Board Chip and Example Code - Rotary Encoder Example Code

Rotary Encoder Board Library Files - Rotary Encoder Library

I2C Moturmux instruction guide - For Old Lego i2C motor multiplexers (i.e. the green ones not the motor board) - http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/sdp/oldi2ctestfiles/i2c-motor-multiplexer.pdf

For Old Lego i2C sensor boards (i.e. the green ones) - http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/sdp/oldi2ctestfiles/sdptest.zip

Holonomic motion paper including the maths (from a RoboCup SSL team) http://people.idsia.ch/~foerster/2006/1/omnidrive_kiart_preprint.pdf

Video Information

SDP Archive - Videos, Robot Construction Photos, Code and Reports

• SDP CodeArchive2015
• SDP 2014 Final Day Tournament Final Match:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTamVrhu_jQ
• Previous Years SDP Final Day Tournaments and Friendly Match Videos can be found here:- http://www.youtube.com/user/garryde
• SDP 2010 Winning robot Holly has a video here:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXbTorONqT0
• SDP 2013 New construction ideas and features:- https://plus.google.com/photos/118111360088766093542/albums/5895941670819048449?banner=pwa
• SDP 2011 Robot construction photos are here:- https://picasaweb.google.com/118111360088766093542/20110418SDP2011Robots?authkey=Gv1sRgCOz90tn6rqaI2AE#
• SDP CodeArchive2014
• Some 2014 robot pictures
• p. 1: Group 8; p. 2,3: Group 1; p. 4: Group 9; p. 5,6: Group 3
• SDP CodeArchive2013
• SDP CodeArchive2012
• SDP ReportArchive2012
• SDP 2011 Github Code Archive :- https://github.com/sdp-2011

Presentation Skills

Writing

• SDP Lecture Videos
• SDP Writing Lecture Slides
• Philip Wader, Three ways to improve your writing.
• Jim Bednar, List of writing tips.
• William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White, The Elements of Style.
• Donald Knuth, Minicourse on technical writing.
• George Orwell, Politics and the English Language, in Inside the Whale.
• Sir Ernest Gowers, The Complete Plain Words.
• William Zinser On Writing Well.
• Proof Reading Marks
• Jeffrey D.Ullman, Ullman on Writing.

Speaking and Graphics

• Lecture notes: A life-critical powerpoint.
• Lecture notes: Simon Peyton Jones on Giving a Talk.
• Lecture notes: Philip Wadler on speaking and graphics.
• Lecture notes: Peter Norvig on the Gettysburg address in powerpoint.
• Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.
• Max Atkinson, Lend Me Your Ears: All You Need to Know About Making Speeches and Presentations.
• Simon Peyton Jones, How to give a good research talk, write a good research paper, write a good research proposal.
• Peter Norvig, The Making of the Gettysburg PowerPoint Presentation.
• Doc Searls, It's the Story, Stupid.
• Barry Eisler, How to Give a Great Talk
• If you don't want to use Powerpoint, try The LaTeX Beamer Class
• Comedian Don McMillan on how not to use Powerpoint

SDP Web Utilities