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<font size="5">Guide towards the assignment</font><br />
<font size="4">'A-MAZE-ING JAZZ'</font>
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[[File:Gostai-Jazz-500x500.jpg|center|thumb|350px]]

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= Introduction =

This course is about acquiring the knowledge that is necessary to be able to design and implement embedded software for real-time control systems. The book "Real-time concepts for embedded systems" by Li and Yao will be taken as a starting point. The participating students themselves will give lectures to their peers about parts of this book. The accompanying assignment is about applying this knowledge to a real-life robotics task in which [http://www.ros.org ROS] will be the standard software framework.

== Course Schedule ==

Lectures will be given on Mondays from 10.45 - 12.30 in Gemini-Zuid 3A12. The course schedule is as follows:

{| border="3" style="margin-left: 3em;"
|-
| April, 23th
| Introduction
| 
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| May, 7th
| Chapter 1, 4
| '''Ch 1''': Group 1, '''Ch 4''': Group 2
|-
| May, 14th
| Chapter 5, 6
| '''Ch 5''': Group 3, '''Ch 6''': Group 4
|-
| May, 21th
| Chapter 7, 8
| '''Ch 7''': Group 5, '''Ch 8''': Group 6
|-
| '''May, 29th'''
| Chapter 9, 10
| '''Ch 9''': Group 7, '''Ch 10''': Group 8
|-
| June, 4th
| Corridor competition
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|-
| June, 11th
| Chapter 11, 14
| '''Ch 11''': Group 9, '''Ch 14''': Group 10
|-
| June, 18th
| Chapter 15
| '''Ch 15''': Group 11
|-
| June, 29th
| Final Contest
|
|-
|}

== Exam Schedule, Please fill in ==

The final contest will be held some day between June 25th and July 6th. In order for us to find a proper date and time which does not interfere with your exams, please add your exam dates and times to the table below. '''Deadline: May 13th'''

{| border="3" style="margin-left: 3em;"
|-
| '''Date'''
| '''Time'''
| '''Time'''
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| June, 25th
| 09:00 - 12:00
| 14:00 - 16:00
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| June, 26th
| 09:00 - 12:00
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|-
| June, 27th
| 
| 14:00 - 17:00
|-
| June, 28th
| 09:00 - 12:00
| 14:00 - 17:00
|-
| June, 29th
|
| 14:00 - 17:00
|-
| July, 2rd
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| 14:00 - 17:00
|-
| July, 3rd
| 09:00 - 12:00
| 14:00 - 17:00
|-
| July, 4rd
| 09:00 - 12:00
| 14:00 - 17:00
|-
| July, 5th
| 09:00 - 12:00
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|-
| July, 7th
| 09:00 - 12:00
| 14:00 - 17:00
|-
|}

== Slides ==

The slides from the first lecture (April 23th) can be found here:
* [http://cstwiki.wtb.tue.nl/images/Pc_configuration.pdf PC Configuration and Tools]
* [http://cstwiki.wtb.tue.nl/images/Introduction-to-ROS.pdf Introduction to ROS]
* [http://cstwiki.wtb.tue.nl/images/Jazz_gazebo_simulator.pdf Jazz Simulator]

The slides from the first lecture (May 7th) can be found here:
* [http://cstwiki.wtb.tue.nl/images/Powerpoint_Chapter_1.pdf Introduction]

The slides from the second lecture (May 7th) can be found here:
* [http://cstwiki.wtb.tue.nl/images/Lecture_2_Chapter_4.pdf Introduction to Real-Time Operating Systems]

= Goal =
{{:Embedded_Motion_Control_2012/Goal}}

= Hardware =

The moving Jazz robot with monocular camera and laser range finder with a working ROS interface. In addition, we provide a Jazz simulator for offline testing.

= Installation =
{{:Embedded_Motion_Control_2012/Installation}}

=Getting Started=

To get started, please do the following tutorials:

* [http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial C++ tutorial]
* [http://www.ros.org/wiki/ROS/Tutorials ROS tutorial] Note that you have already installed and configured your ROS environment, so you can skip the first tutorial. It is advised to work in your group folder, i.e., ''~/ros/group_?''.
* [[Jazz_Simulator | Getting started with the Jazz simulator]]

= FAQ =
{{:Embedded_Motion_Control_2012/FAQ}}

=Group Wiki Pages=
{{:Embedded_Motion_Control_2012/Groups}}

=Contact Details=
{{:Embedded_Motion_Control_2012/Contact_Details}}

=Presentations=

Chapter 7 - [[File:Presentation.pdf]]