Week 7: Braitenberg exercise, gym-duckietown simulation 07/22/2024 Today, I decided to tackle the braitenberg issue once more. I have updated the connections.py file and run “dts code workbench –sim” but when I try to open the simulator, I get a “site can’t be reached” error. This has happened a couple times. I have tried to…

Week 6: Paper reviews, duckiebot simulation, continuation of eDx course, science center symposium 07/15/2024 Over the weekend, I read a paper – Resolution Optimal Motion Planning for Medical Needle Steering from Insertion Surfaces – and had to do a peer review for it. Today we discussed it with Diane and it was pretty great. The…

Week 5: Dts updates, edX course, battery issues, gym simulator and 07/10/2024 I came bright and early and to no avail, there was still no light flashing from the battery. I went ahead to take a new DB21J battery and charger. So now, I have the DB21J battery, HUT and charger with my DB21M components.…

Week 4: New DB21Js arrive, assembling DB21M, getting Ubuntu laptops and bridging the Wifi gap 06/26/2024 It’s here!!!! We had our weekly departmental meeting to share our progress and update the group. I loved everyone’s presentation today as it reflected on the talk Professor Kyle Broaders gave about giving good oral presentations with the slides.…

Week 3: New DB21Js arrive, assembling DB21M, getting Ubuntu laptops and bridging the Wifi gap 06/26/2024 It’s here!!!! We had our weekly departmental meeting to share our progress and update the group. I loved everyone’s presentation today as it reflected on the talk Professor Kyle Broaders gave about giving good oral presentations with the slides.…

Week 2: Duckiebot booting and Science department luncheon We had June 19 off as it was Juneteenth! 6/20/2024 I attended the science department luncheon where Professor Kyle Broaders dived into “How to give a good oral presentation“. This talk was definitely one to keep in mind anytime I had to give a presentation involving a slideshow.…

Week 1: Summer goals, website building, docker and physical environment setup, SD card burning and departmental meeting 06/05/24 I kicked off the summer research by tuning in to Dr. Joy’s talk on unmasking AI, where she so thoughtfully and beautifully explained her research to us and how facial recognition was not her friend, mainly because…