Jan 16, Tuesday
This week we finally get hands on with the Stretch robot. We just received our brand new Stretch 2 and we are excited to see if in action. Note that you do not need to run all parts of all tutorials on the real robot, but be sure to read all parts (including code). When you are ready to run something on the real robot, grab the physical robot token to take your turn, and return it promptly when you are done. If the robot is in use when you would like to use it, add yourself on the queue on the whiteboard and wait for your turn.
Lab 2: Complete all safety related Stretch tutorials. That includes:
Carefully reading the Stretch Robot Safety Guide.
Read the Stretch Best Practices and watch the Powered Off Video and Powered On Video.
Lab 3: Get started on operating the Stretch 2 hardware.
Go through the Stretch 2 Quick Start Guide. You can skip Safety (assuming you completed Lab 3 already) and Unboxing; go over Robot Tour, Hello World Demo, and Start Coding. (You can also skip Get Plugged in, Change Credentials, and Power Down but read them carefully and remember that they are here when you need to do those things.)
Read the Troubleshooting Guide so you can be aware of common issues that might come up.
Go through the Stretch 2 Battery Maintenance Guide.
Lab 4: Complete all of the Basic level Stretch Body Tutorials: Introduction, Command line Tools, Stretch Body API, Robot Motion, and Robot Sensors.
You will need to SSH to the robot for these tutorials. Talk to TA to get the credentials info for your team's account on the Stretch robot.