6.270 Contestant Info

Announcements

Welcome to the IAP 2012 edition of the 6.270 Competition!
Keep checking back here for new updates and handouts.

2012 Course Info

Schedule:

The first week of 6.270 will be intense - lectures and supervised labs are 11am-4pm on 1/9 to 1/13. Lectures are not required, but highly encouraged. (Google Calendar)

Lab will be open the rest of the month (generally 11am-11pm), with LAs always around to help. Hours are subject to change.

Important events:
(At least 1 team member must be present)
1/8 - 12pm - Parts Sorting (1 hour per team)
1/9 - 11am - Kickoff and parts distribution
1/16 - 7pm - Mock competition 1
1/23 - 7pm - Mock competition 2
1/30 - 7pm - Mock competition 3
2/1 - 7pm - Final Competition

Reference Material

HappyLab (pdf - 1.9MB)
Servo Modification Guide (pdf)
2011 Parts List (html)
Sensor Points (html)
2010 Course Notes (pdf)
Wiki

Lecture Notes (2012)

Kickoff Lecture / Happyboard Basics (slides - pdf - 3.3MB)
Sensors, Motors, Gears (slides - pdf - 0.7MB)
Intro to C Programming (slides - pdf - 0.6MB)
Advanced C Programming (notes - pdf - 0.4MB)
Control Systems (slides - pdf - 0.07MB)
Localization & Navigation (slides - pdf - 1MB)
Designing for failure (slides - pdf - 0.06MB)

Lecture Notes (from 2011)

Kickoff Lecture (slides)
Lecture 2 - A Basic Robot (slides)
Lecture 3 - Control Systems (slides, Example PID Code)
Lecture 4 - Localization and Navigation (slides)

C Lecture Notes

Intro to C (wiki)

Happyboard Reference

AVR Libc - Standard C library on the Happyboard
Happyboard Tech Specs (html)
Happyboard Manual (pdf)
JoyOS Repository (html, git)
JoyOS Reference - archive (html)
JoyOS Information - archive (General, Wiki, Bugs)

Happyboard Downloads

Happyboard USB drivers (Mac, Windows, Linux)

Staff Hours

Other Handouts

How to Write Awesome C (pdf)

Rules Committee Rulings

See the rulings page for answers to contestant questions about various interpretations of contest rules.
Email 6.270-organizers for any other rules questions