Session Details

Week 1, Session 3 — Fri Dec 3

Prep

  1. Zelle, §2.5–2.8

HW Due

  1. HW 2
    But accepted without penalty until Monday at 5 p.m. (as usual for homework assigned on Thursday)

Topics

  1. Formal parameters and actual arguments
  2. Pair Programming
  3. Robots — introduction to the Create class for programming the iRobot Create

Outline

  1. [10 minutes] Pair programming
  2. [30 minutes] Formal parameters and actual arguments.
  3. [30 minutes] Introduction to the Create class for programming the iRobot Create
  4. [35 min] Work on robot homework.

Resources

  1. Slides: Formal parameters, actual arguments, and programming the iRobot Create
  2. Pycreate Library API: A Python module for controlling the iRobot Create
  3. iRobot Create Open Interface (OI): Electronic and softare interface for controlling the iRobot Create
  4. iRobot Create Owner's Guide

HW Assigned

  1. HW 3