First Pyro Workshop (Planning)
The First Pyro Workshop will be held August 3-5, 2003 at U-Mass. Lowell. This page is for the workshop planners. If you are not a workshop planner and would like to know more about the workshop, please visit:
The Pyro Workshop Page
Tentative Schedule
Sunday, August 3
| 12:00 to 12:30 | Introductions (Holly) |
| 12:30 to 2:00 | Introduction to Pyro and Python Crash Course (Doug) |
| 2:30 to 3:00 | Break |
| 3:00 to 4:30 | Hands-on Pyro Session: Morphology, Effectors, Sensors, Brains, Simulators, Robots (Deepak) |
| 4:30 to 5:00 | Break |
| 5:00 to 7:00 | Discussion: Robotics in the Curriculum (Lisa) Dinner provided during discussion. |
Monday, August 4
| 9:00 to 10:30 | Hands-on Pyro Session: Reactive Control (Deepak) |
| 10:30 to 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 to 12:30 | Hands-on Pyro Session: Behavior-based Control (Holly) |
| 12:30 to 1:30 | Lunch (provided) |
| 1:30 to 3:00 | Hands-on Pyro Session: Robot Learning using Neural Networks (Lisa) |
| 3:00 to 3:30 | Break |
| 3:30 to 5:00 | Discussion: Pyro Desiderata & Future Development (Doug) |
Tuesday, August 5
| 9:00 to 10:30 | Hands-on Pyro Session: Robot Vision--Blobs and Camera, Using the Gripper (Holly) |
| 10:30 to 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 to 12:30 | Workshop Wrap: Writing A&I Grants, Evaluation, Follow-up Activities (Deepak) |
