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* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss. |
* Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss. |
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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. |
* 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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==Timing & 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. |
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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| + | ==Previous Meetings== |
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| + | See [[Previous MEETROBOT meetings | Minutes and agendas from previous meetings]]. |
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| − | ==Wednesday 19th October - Alexandre== |
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| − | The main topic is optimal multi-foraging in swarm robotics. |
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| − | * I will present my latest developments and results |
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| − | * Go again through goals, motivations and bibliography (renewed). |
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| − | * Discussion about the context of this work, possible applications ? |
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| − | * I might present, if there is time left, my next experiment. |
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| − | You can take a look at this very quick summary of my current research : http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~acampo/various/alex_research.pdf |
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| − | '''''Administration Issues''''' |
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| − | * Coffee machines |
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| − | * Format of these meetings |
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| − | * Standard programatic interface for simulators / real sbots. |
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| − | '''''People who will be absent''''' |
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| − | Rodi |
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| − | '''''Results''''' |
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| − | You can [[Media:ExpIndependant.pdf | download a copy of Alex's presentation]] |
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| − | * The optimization group will have their own weekly presentations, but the will invite robotics people to participate, just like the swarm-bots presentations are open to optimization people. Seminars will continue as always and presentations might be given both at weekly meetings and at seminars. |
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| − | * Anders brings his coffee machine to test it. In case it pass the Italian test, we will buy one while the super-machine is being fixed. |
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| − | * Simulators and a standard interface for simulators: |
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| − | ** Rehan and Alex are going to talk to Vito and make a plan |
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| − | ** Rehan proposed Halva's interface, which he is going to send to Ciro and Anders for discussion on the next meeting |
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==Wednesday 26th October - Anders== |
==Wednesday 26th October - Anders== |
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Revision as of 15:35, 26 October 2005
Purpose
- Community. Keep everyone updated as to what other work is going on in the lab
- Research. Cross germination. Get feedback. Get help on problems. Get ideas.
- Admin. Lab administration.
Format
- Presentation (15 - 30 mins)
- Work you have been doing
- Reading you have been doing in the context of your work
- Other reading on something you are passionate about
- Discussion (15 - 30 mins)
- Administration (0 - 30 mins)
Try and make your session as involving as possible for everyone:
- Send round material to be read beforehand.
- Ask people before the meeting what aspects of your work / reading they would like to know about or discuss.
- Think about implications of what you are presenting for the research direction of the lab as a whole - methodologies, technologies etc.
Timing & Attendance
The weekly meetings ALWAYS take place on
Unless:
- A given Wednesday is a public holiday, or
- Something very important (like a Ph.D. defense) is overlapping.
If either should happen the meeting is postponed to the next day.
Please indicate on this wiki page if you are not going to be able to attend a meeting (no later than the Friday before).
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.
Previous Meetings
See Minutes and agendas from previous meetings.
Wednesday 26th October - Anders
Presentation / Discussion Topics
Dependability and fault-tolerance in Robotics:
- What is fault-tolerance and dependability?
- What has been done in robotics?
- How could fault tolerance be implemented in a swarm robotics context?
Adminstration Issues
- Coffee machine
- New documents on the Wiki.
- Next week...
- The new e-pucks
- Simulators and swarm-bot interfaces
People who will be absent
Elio, Rodi, Christos
Results
- 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.
- Coffee machine:
- Marco buys a new one when he comes across a good, new coffee machine (suggestions are very welcome)
- Mauro is in charge of sending the current, broken machine to someone who can repair it.
- New Wiki-pages:
- IRIDIA Technical reports - how to publish technical reports at IRIDIA + LaTeX styles etc.
- Access to Digital Libraries
- 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.
- 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.
- E-pucks: All the available info on the e-pucks will be put on the Wiki.
- Sbot/simulator interfaces: Rehan is going to create a repository for the common sbot interface and it is going to be implemented in TwoDee.
- OMiss simulator: Rehan is going to create a Wiki page on checking out and compiling OMiss (the new simulator based on ODE).
Wednesday 2nd November - Rehan
Presentation / Discussion Topics
Adminstration Issues
People who will be absent
Elio, Marco
Wednesday 9th November - Federico
Presentation / Discussion Topics
Adminstration Issues
People who will be absent
N/A
Wednesday 16th November - Elio
Presentation / Discussion Topics
Adminstration Issues
People who will be absent
Marco
Wednesday 23rd November - Christos
Presentation / Discussion Topics
Adminstration Issues
People who will be absent
Ciro (holiday --> no cake, but maybe a havana cigar...)
Wednesday 30th November - Shervin
Presentation / Discussion Topics
Adminstration Issues
People who will be absent
Ciro (holiday --> no talk!!!)
