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30 Mar 2003
The midterm is on Tuesday, April 1 at 7pm in Lubrano. No class on Tuesday morning.
20 Mar 2003
The midterm has been postponed until after spring break. Tentatively it will be the Tuesday we get
back from Spring Break. More details later. Have a good spring break.
18 Mar 2003
There are batteries in the legolab. Please only take one set of 6 per group.
14 Mar 2003
The design of the midterm board has changed -- instead of having different colored end zones,
the playing field is two toned. Please see the actual board in the legolab.
14 Mar 2003
There is a practice board for the midterm available in the lego lab.

A few ground rules for using the board:
1) Pick the board up when you move it around, DO NOT DRAG it on the floor.
2) DO NOT WALK ON THE BOARD WITH SHOES.
3) Lay it out in the hallway for use, and prop it up in the legolab when done.
4) Avoid dragging sharp objects on the board.

Side note: To reduce the risk of catching onto and ripping the paper edges, you will want to design
your robot such that it doesn't have parts that drag on the surface of the board.

6 Mar 2003
The midterm has been posted to the assignments page.

4 Mar 2003
The sixth assignment, Sonar, has been posted to the assignments page. Note that there is a signup
sheet for this lab because we only have 5 sonars. All times are on Thursday. The signup sheet can
be found in the Lego Lab.

28 Feb 2003
IMPORTANT!! The midterm competition date is set for Thursday, March 20 at 7-9pm in Lubrano.
More details about this later but mark you calenders for this date. All groups must attend
the competition.

25 Feb 2003
The fifth assignment, PID, has been posted to the assignments page.

23 Feb 2003
On your robot for project 4 (subsumption), the light sensors should be pointed
diagonally toward the floor. We'll shine the light your robot must react to
on the floor. You shouldn't need to shield these sensors.

19 Feb 2003
An extension has been given to everybody for project 3 due to this week's blizzard. Project 3 is
now due on Friday but we prefer you to finish it by the normal time so that we can grade it
in lab on thursday. If you use the extension, then we will setup grading times for friday in lab.

18 Feb 2003
The fourth assignment, Subsumption, has been posted to the assignments page.

11 Feb 2003
The third assignment, Sensors, has been posted to the assignments page.

10 Feb 2003
Unix minicourses are going on this week.
see ugrad/tech

19 Feb 2003
An extension has been given to everybody for project 3 due to this week's blizzard. Project 3 is
now due on Friday but we prefer you to finish it by the normal time so that we can grade it
in lab on thursday. If you use the extension, then we will setup grading times for friday in lab.

18 Feb 2003
The fourth assignment, Subsumption, has been posted to the assignments page.

11 Feb 2003
The third assignment, Sensors, has been posted to the assignments page.

10 Feb 2003
Unix minicourses are going on this week.
see ugrad/tech

06 Feb 2003
TA hours have been shifted around a little, please see the staff page for details.

06 Feb 2003
We've been getting a lot of general questions through e-mail.
For the benefit of the class, please post to the newsgroup if you do not have a group-specific question.

05 Feb 2003
I've included in the brickOS assignment how to handin your code. The brickOS assignment has
been updated on the web to reflect this change.

04 Feb 2003
The second assignment, brickOS, has been posted to the assignments page. The sample tankbot
is also linked off the assignments page. Remember to do the preliminary tasks before the lab on
Thursday.

30 Jan 2003
Since this was never explicitly stated:
TA hours are held in the Lego Lab (CIT 249), not the fishbowl or moonlab.

30 Jan 2003
If you didn't finish Lab 1 today in class, come to hours tonight to get checked off by a TA.
Project 1 is due next Thursday (Feb. 6).

30 Jan 2003
Everyone has been given card access to the Lego Lab (CIT 249). If you already got your card
scanned with Kathy then you're all set. For everyone else, go see Kathy in CIT 572.
The Lego Lab is located above the Motorola Room on the 2nd floor.

Please take only what is part of your project from the Lego Lab as we have a limited amount of legos.

29 Jan 2003
There will be a CS town meeting this Thursday, 30th Jan @ 4:30pm on the 4th floor atrium.
Some reasons to go:
  • fulltime and internship job info
  • research opportunities
  • department news
  • trying to restart the dug
Don't miss out on the fun! :)

23 Jan 2003
Please turn in your applications by  TODAY, 4pm to the cs148 handin bin.
You should hear from us by Friday night.

22 Jan 2003
Welcome to cs148! The webpage is finally up!
The first day of class is  9am this Thursday in Lubrano.

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