Applied Tech


Playing Soccer with VEX IQ Robots

Overview

Presenter:  Brennan Giglio

Friday December 2nd, 2022

1:00 - 2:00pm

Students were put into teams to build a VEX IQ robot and play a game of robot soccer. Students learned about active and passive manipulators as well as had the chance to experiment with simple robotics. Participants learned how to program their robots to drive around and compete in head to head soccer matches.

Topics include: Applied Tech, Programming


Autonomous Drone Flight with Python

Tyler Goodwin

Overview

Presenter: Tyler Goodwin

Wednesday April 20th in BUSN 391

4:30 - 6:00pm

This skillshare introduced participants to autonomous drone flight. Students learned about basic python coding commands and then theywere tasked to come up with code to try to fly the drone autonomously through an obstacle. It covered exactly how the coding process works, a showcase with pre-written code and then students wrote their own code to automate flight.

Topics include: Applied Tech