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Welcome

Zero Robotics Session 1 Educator Tag-up

5/25/18

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Agenda

Logistics:

State Rosters
Important Dates
Evaluation (educator, student, training pre/post)

Site/Programming Logistics/Training

Student accounts (creating student accounts)
Team Management (add students to the ZR team roster)
Game API
getMyZRState
Game: LIFE-SPHERES MS 2D
Common Problems

Questions

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How to Ask Questions Today�

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Complete State Rosters - Educator

Every Educator/Mentor/Volunteer Must Complete the “STATE ROSTER”

(Google Form)

zerorobotics.mit.edu

→ Tournaments

→ Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program 2018

→ Training Session Materials (side tab)

→ State-Specific Educator Registration Link

Once connected - the important information needed is:

Zero Robotics Sign-in Email (address linked with Google/ZR Website)

Communication Email for mailing list & weekly communications

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Competitors

Session One:

Florida
Georgia
Maryland
Puerto Rico
Russia
Independent US
Independent UK

Session Two:
California
Connecticut
Idaho
Massachusetts
Maryland
Navajo Nation
Oregon
Texas
Washington
West Virginia
Independent US

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Collaboration

2018

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Collaboration Process-Discussion

Goal: Have a template for all teams to describe their code to help with collaboration phase.

What: Follow FIRST idea to have an award for best written documentation of code/strategy in each state.

Include a description of your strategy
Include a code outline

blockly: just show it ( copy images)
text editor: describes every individual procedure or loop or logical statement

Due:

With Regional code submission
Optional with practice code submission

Input

Create a rubric on how to select the winner.

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IMPORTANT DATES�Session 1 - Program Schedule

May 19 (Sat)	TRAINING: In person educator training - part 1	Training
May 25 (Fri)	TRAINING: Tag- Up (12:00-2:00 ET) – send questions in advance	Training
June 11 (Mon)	Start of Session 1	Week 1
June 15,18 or 19 (Fri/Mon/Tues)	Field Day (Location TBA by State Lead)	Week 1 or 2
June 22 (Fri), 5:00pm local time	Practice Code Deadline	Week 2
June 29 (Fri), 5:00 pm local time	Regional Code Deadline	Week 3
Fourth of July week	Code Deadline extended to accommodate impact of Fourth of July on regular schedule	Week 4
July 2-11	Statewide Communication & Collaboration to Develop Winning Code
July 11 (Wed), 5:00 pm local time	ISS Code Deadline
July 18 (Wed), 12:00 noon local time	Strategy Videos due	Week 5
July 20 (Fri)	Last Day of Session 1	Week 5
Date TBD (target date August 10th)	ISS Finals	Save Date!

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IMPORTANT DATES�Session 2 - Program Schedule

June 9 (Sat)	TRAINING: In person educator training - part 1	Training
June 15 (Fri)	TRAINING: Tag- Up (12:00-2:00 ET) – send questions in advance	Training
July 9 (Mon)	Start of Session 1	Week 1
July 13,16 or 197(Fri/Mon/Tues)	Field Day (Location TBA by State Lead)	Week 1 or 2
July 20 (Fri), 5:00pm local time	Practice Code Deadline	Week 2
July 27 (Fri), 5:00 pm local time	Regional Code Deadline	Week 3
July 30-Aug 2	Statewide Communication & Collaboration to Develop Winning Code	Week 4
Aug 2 (Thurs), 5:00 pm local time	ISS Code Deadline	Week 4
Aug 8 (Wed) 12:00 noon local time	Strategy Videos due	Week 5
Aug 10 (Fri)	Last Day of Session 1
Date TBD (Target date August 10th)	ISS Finals

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UROP Office Hours (Example Only)

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Day	Time (Eastern Time)	UROP	Link to Webex:
Wednesday	9:30-12:00	MIT Student	https://mit.webex.com/join/name
Wednesday	1:30-3:30	MIT Student	https://mit.webex.com/join/name
Wednesday	4:30-5:30	MIT Student	https://mit.webex.com/join/name
Thursday	9:30-12:00	MIT Student	https://mit.webex.com/meet/name
Thursday	1:30-3:30	MIT Student	https://mit.webex.com/join/name
Thursday	4:30-5:30	MIT Student	https://mit.webex.com/meet/name

HELP IS ONLY A CLICK AWAY!

MIT Students will send an email during the first week of ZR that lists their Office hours for the summer

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Evaluation is Mandatory

All Surveys are located on the ZR Website: http://zerorobotics.mit.edu/tournaments/29/info/175/0/

zerorobotics.mit.edu

→ Tournaments

→ Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program 2018

→ Evaluation Surveys (side tab)

Once connected - the important information needed is:

Student(s)

Pre-survey First day of program (online)

Post-survey Last day of program (online)

August 2018 Real time survey during ISS Finals

Educator(s)/Adult(s)

May 2018 Pre-survey before training day (online)

May 2018 Post-survey immediately following training (online)

Jul/Aug 2018 Post program survey (last day of program)

Statewide Coordination Evaluation: All Statewide Coordinators, Lead Partners and MIT Undergraduates must complete an online final report in August and and/or interview with an external evaluator.

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How to Invite Students

to Your Team

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Invite Team Members

To begin:

Log into the ZR website
From the “Tournaments” menu select “Manage Teams”

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Invite Team Members (cont.)

If you are a team lead a window will open with:

Team information
Team Roster

Edit the info as desired

Not a team lead? A window will open with the Team Name only like this:

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Invite Team Members (cont.)

Only Team Leads can add new Team Members

To add team members:

Type in the team member’s email used on the ZR site and click “Add”
The team member will appear in the roster below.
Uncheck the “is lead?” box for members that are not team leads.

Reminder: Each user added as a Team Member must have already created a ZR account

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Student Account Setup

What do I do if my student does not have an email account, and does not have parental permission to create an email account?

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Email zerorobotics@mit.edu with the first name and last name of the student
The ZR team will set up that student with a “sandbox” account and reply to you with the following details:

username: firstname@zerorobotics.mit.edu
password: zerorobotics

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getMyZRState/ getOtherZRState

“getMyZRState” retrieves ZR state information (position, velocity, pointing vector, rates) for current satellite

myZRstate[0] = x-coordinate

myZRstate[1] = y-coordinate

myZRstate[2] = z-coordinate

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Position

Velocity

Pointing vector

Rotation rates

[0] [1] [2]

[3] [4] [5]

[6] [7] [8]

[9] [10] [11]

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Example getOtherZRState

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How to Access Game Documents

zerorobotics.mit.edu

→ Tournaments

→ Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program 2018

→ Game Documents (side tab)

Once connected - the important information needed is:

Game Manual
Game Functions/User API
Game Overview Power Point Presentation
Game Videos
Acting Out the Game Activity
Game Graph Paper

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LIFE-SPHERES MS 2D

Game Update

Attitude (tank reference)

Game Manual/Game API Updated

Changes marked with highlighter

Clarifications

Updates

Updated Game API Blocks

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LIFE-SPHERES MS 2D

Game API

Create a Game Mode Project

LIFE-SPHERES MS 2D

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GAME API

What is an API?

Application program interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. An API specifies how software components should interact. Additionally, APIs are used when programming graphical user interface (GUI) components.

zerorobotics.mit.edu

→ Tournaments

→ Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program 2017

→ Game Documents

Game Manual

Game Functions/User API

Game Overview Power Point Presentation

Game Videos

Acting Out the Game Activity

Game Graph Paper

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Boolean functions

Example: bool checkAtSquare(int square[2])

The “bool” means the function returns a true or false answer.

You can put boolean functions in If-then logic statements that will be used only if the result is TRUE

Go to example

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Examples: setSquareTarget and booleans

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Examples, get drills and debug

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Examples, analyzers

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Common Problems

Forgetting to simulate before viewing results

JSON data errors

Array errors
Endless loops

SPHERES drifting example

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Questions

This Q&A section will be recorded

and a document posted to the ZR website

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CONTACT EMAIL:

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