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| − | ==Purpose== |
+ | ==Purpose of the meetings== |
| + | The robotics meetings are organized to help all roboticists of the lab to accomplish their work, gain knowledge, share, brainstorm, and encourage creativity in general. |
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| − | # '''Community'''. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab |
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| + | Apart from technical questions, these meetings are also a good occasion to practice our soft-skills, such as presentation skills, to maintain/increase the quality of our work. |
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| − | # '''Research'''. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas. |
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| − | # '''Admin'''. Lab administration. |
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==Format== |
==Format== |
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| + | # Presentation: Between 15 and 45 minutes, depending on your needs |
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| − | # Iridia Administration (0 - 15 mins) |
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| + | #* New experiment to come |
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| − | # Presentation & Discussion (30 - 50 mins) |
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| + | #* Current work |
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| − | #* Work you have been doing |
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| + | #* Presention about a paper in robotics litterature on current-day topics |
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| − | #* Reading you have been doing in the context of your work |
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| + | #* PhD presentations rehearsals |
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| − | #* Other reading on something you are passionate about |
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| + | # Discussion on the presentation: 20-30 minutes |
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| − | # Robotics Group Administration (0 - 15 mins) |
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| + | # Brainstorming time: list of research questions everyone can ask to the audience to get people's opinion, collaborate, etc. |
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| + | '''''About the presentations''''' |
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| + | Pay special attention to the support that you will use during your presentation: |
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| − | Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone: |
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| + | * Avoid fancy powerpoints templates: they don't help to get to your point |
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| − | * Send round material to be read beforehand. |
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| + | * Less is more: ask yourself if everything in your presentation is mandatory for understanding your point of view. If the answer is no: delete it. |
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| − | * Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss. |
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| + | * 1 slide per minute is a good practice, unless really necessary (typically a slide with an equation will last longer: in this case, you can split it in multiple slides, make things appear one at a time, etc, to increase clarity) |
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| − | * Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc. |
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| + | * Try to keep your speech as clear as possible during your presentation |
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| + | '''''About the contents themselves''''' |
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| − | ==Timing & Attendance== |
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| + | * Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc. It is always nice for everyone to have a preliminary introduction on your work to understand the technical points. |
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| + | * To keep things coherent, try to organize your slides having in mind a 'scenario' - a series of messages that you want people to recall after your presentation. |
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| + | ==Timing== |
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| − | The weekly meetings '''ALWAYS''' take place on |
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| + | The bi-monthly meetings take place on |
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| − | <center> '''Wednesdays at 14.30''' </center> |
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| + | <center> '''Fridays at 14.00.''' </center> |
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| − | Unless: |
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| − | * A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or |
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| − | * Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping. |
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| + | beggining on Friday, February 14th 2014. |
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| − | If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day. |
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| + | The frequency of the meetings can increase if needed. |
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| − | '''Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting''' (no later than the Friday before). |
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| + | ==Attendance== |
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| − | If you forget to note your absence in advance you will be severely punished and will be forced to buy a nice, big cake for the following meeting. |
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| − | <br><br> |
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| + | Everyone that subscribed to the robotics mailing list is invited to the meetings. Send an e-mail to the organizer of the meetings in case you cannot attend the meeting, at least 2 days before the meeting, for the others to know their audience. |
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| − | ==Previous Meetings== |
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| + | (Policy change: you won't be punished anymore in case you don't come, but you can buy the organizer a beer - he loves the Trappe Quadrupel) |
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| + | =Forthcoming Meetings= |
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| − | See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]]. |
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| − | ==Wednesday 26th October - Anders== |
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| − | '''''Presentation / Discussion Topics''''' |
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| − | Dependability and fault-tolerance in Robotics: |
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| − | * What is fault-tolerance and dependability? |
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| − | * What has been done in robotics? |
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| − | * How could fault tolerance be implemented in a swarm robotics context? |
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| − | '''''Administration Issues''''' |
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| − | * Coffee machine |
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| − | * New documents on the Wiki. |
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| − | * Next week... |
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| − | * The new e-pucks |
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| − | * Simulators and swarm-bot interfaces |
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| − | '''''People who will be absent''''' |
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| − | Elio, Rodi, Christos |
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| − | '''''Results''''' |
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| − | [[Media :Fault_Tolerant_and_Dependable_Robotics.pdf|Download Presentation(PDF)]] |
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| − | * ''General:'' The topics on the agenda, which are of general interest are moved to the beginning of the meeting, so that non-robotics people can attend at a fixed hour each week. |
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| − | * ''Coffee machine'': |
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| − | ** Marco buys a new one when he comes across a good, new coffee machine (suggestions are very welcome) |
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| − | ** Mauro is in charge of sending the current, broken machine to someone who can repair it. |
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| − | * ''New Wiki-pages'': |
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| − | ** [[IRIDIA Technical reports]] - how to publish technical reports at IRIDIA + LaTeX styles etc. |
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| − | ** [[Access to Digital Libraries]] |
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| − | ** [[Media:Quand_quelque_chose_est_casse_sur_le_sbot.pdf | When something happens to the s-bots (French, pdf)]] - A document list common hardware problems and their solutions. Can also be found in the [[SBOT FAQ]] and the [[SBOT STATUS]] sections. |
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| − | * ''Wiki security'': For certain parts of the Wiki it would be convenient to have access control, so that only people from IRIDIA can access those pages. Anders will look into that. |
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| − | * ''E-pucks'': All the available info on the e-pucks will be put on the Wiki. |
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| − | * ''Sbot/simulator interfaces'': Rehan is going to create a repository for the common sbot interface and it is going to be implemented in TwoDee. |
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| − | * ''OMiss simulator'': Rehan is going to create a Wiki page on checking out and compiling OMiss (the new simulator based on ODE). |
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| + | '''The schedule of the forthcoming robotics meetings can also be found in the''' |
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| − | ==Wednesday 2nd November - Rehan== |
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| + | [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/Calendars/month.php IRIDIA calendar] |
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| − | '''''Agenda''''' |
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| − | # '''IRIDIA Admin''' |
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| − | #* Coffee Machine |
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| − | #* New Wiki Pages |
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| − | #* Next week... |
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| − | # '''Presentation / Discussion''' |
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| − | #* What is robotic pattern formation? |
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| − | #* Potential applications using the Swarm Bot robotic platform |
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| − | #* Discussion / feedback on my research direction |
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| − | # '''Robotics Group Admin''' |
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| − | #* Sbot / Simulator programmatic interfaces |
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| − | #* Buying a computer+flatscreen for the robot room (or taking one that is not used) |
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| − | #* Any spare monitor for Rodi? |
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| − | '''''Reading Material''''' |
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| − | * There is no reading material for this weeks presentation |
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| − | '''''People who will be absent''''' |
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| − | Elio, Thomas |
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| + | =Past Meetings= |
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| − | ==Wednesday 9th November - Federico== |
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| + | * February 14th, 2014: "Environmentally-driven collective construction with unconventional materials" - Presentation about Anthony's work |
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| − | # '''IRIDIA Admin''' |
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| − | '''''People who will be absent''''' |
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| − | ==Wednesday 16th November - Elio== |
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| − | # '''IRIDIA Admin''' |
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| − | Marco |
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| − | ==Wednesday 23rd November - Christos== |
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| − | Ciro (holiday --> no cake, but maybe a havana cigar...) |
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| − | ==Wednesday 30th November - Shervin== |
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| − | Ciro (holiday --> no talk!!!) |
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Latest revision as of 14:20, 17 February 2014
Purpose of the meetings
The robotics meetings are organized to help all roboticists of the lab to accomplish their work, gain knowledge, share, brainstorm, and encourage creativity in general. Apart from technical questions, these meetings are also a good occasion to practice our soft-skills, such as presentation skills, to maintain/increase the quality of our work.
Format
- Presentation: Between 15 and 45 minutes, depending on your needs
- New experiment to come
- Current work
- Presention about a paper in robotics litterature on current-day topics
- PhD presentations rehearsals
- Discussion on the presentation: 20-30 minutes
- Brainstorming time: list of research questions everyone can ask to the audience to get people's opinion, collaborate, etc.
About the presentations
Pay special attention to the support that you will use during your presentation:
- Avoid fancy powerpoints templates: they don't help to get to your point
- Less is more: ask yourself if everything in your presentation is mandatory for understanding your point of view. If the answer is no: delete it.
- 1 slide per minute is a good practice, unless really necessary (typically a slide with an equation will last longer: in this case, you can split it in multiple slides, make things appear one at a time, etc, to increase clarity)
- Try to keep your speech as clear as possible during your presentation
About the contents themselves
- Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc. It is always nice for everyone to have a preliminary introduction on your work to understand the technical points.
- To keep things coherent, try to organize your slides having in mind a 'scenario' - a series of messages that you want people to recall after your presentation.
Timing
The bi-monthly meetings take place on
beggining on Friday, February 14th 2014.
The frequency of the meetings can increase if needed.
Attendance
Everyone that subscribed to the robotics mailing list is invited to the meetings. Send an e-mail to the organizer of the meetings in case you cannot attend the meeting, at least 2 days before the meeting, for the others to know their audience. (Policy change: you won't be punished anymore in case you don't come, but you can buy the organizer a beer - he loves the Trappe Quadrupel)
Forthcoming Meetings
The schedule of the forthcoming robotics meetings can also be found in the IRIDIA calendar
Past Meetings
- February 14th, 2014: "Environmentally-driven collective construction with unconventional materials" - Presentation about Anthony's work
