First Pyro Workshop (Planning)

The First Pyro Workshop will be held August 3-5, 2003 at U-Mass. Lowell. This page is for the workshop planners. If you are not a workshop planner and would like to know more about the workshop, please visit:  The Pyro Workshop Page

Tentative Schedule

Sunday, August 3

12:00 to 12:30	Introductions (Holly)
12:30 to 2:00	Introduction to Pyro and Python Crash Course (Doug)
2:30 to 3:00	Break
3:00 to 4:30	Hands-on Pyro Session: Morphology, Effectors, Sensors, Brains, Simulators, Robots (Deepak)
4:30 to 5:00	Break
5:00 to 7:00	Discussion: Robotics in the Curriculum (Lisa) Dinner provided during discussion.

Monday, August 4

9:00 to 10:30	Hands-on Pyro Session: Reactive Control (Deepak)
10:30 to 11:00	Break
11:00 to 12:30	Hands-on Pyro Session: Behavior-based Control (Holly)
12:30 to 1:30	Lunch (provided)
1:30 to 3:00	Hands-on Pyro Session: Robot Learning using Neural Networks (Lisa)
3:00 to 3:30	Break
3:30 to 5:00	Discussion: Pyro Desiderata & Future Development (Doug)

Tuesday, August 5

9:00 to 10:30	Hands-on Pyro Session: Robot Vision--Blobs and Camera, Using the Gripper (Holly)
10:30 to 11:00	Break
11:00 to 12:30	Workshop Wrap: Writing A&I Grants, Evaluation, Follow-up Activities (Deepak)