2020 Fall

COMPSCI 198 097 - GRP 097

Directed Group Studies for Advanced Undergraduates

ROAR: Robot Autonomous Racing Decal

Aug 26, 2020 - Dec 11, 2020

12:00 am

Internet/Online

Class #:33853

Units: 2

Instruction Mode: Remote Instruction
Asynchronous Instruction

Offered through Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

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Hours & Workload

2 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 to 4 hours of directed group study per week.

Course Catalog Description

Group study of selected topics in Computer Sciences, usually relating to new developments.

Robot Autonomous Racing DeCal is a course dedicated to teaching students to gain a holistic view and hands-on experiences about building a high-performance fully-autonomous 1/10 scale RC car from scratch. The one-semester course is built on the matured Berkeley BARC platform in the ME Department and the ROAR platform and its racing events in the EECS Department. Students will learn How to assemble a mobile AI system with embedded Arduino and Jetson Nano processors, peripheral power supplies, and Wi-Fi 6 antenna modules. 3D print enclosures of the embedded components onto a high-speed Traxxas RC chassis. Real-time 3D computer vision algorithms to parse road conditions and autonomous control algorithms to race on a track and avoid obstacles. Using low-latency video streaming to remote control the car in virtual reality. And other interesting topics surrounding robotics, planning, etc At the end of the semester, students will team up using their fully-fledged racing car to participate in the ROAR competition.

Class Notes

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* Async course lecture available to enrolled students.

* Synchronous OH held via Zoom for enrolled students

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