BONUS LECTURE: Clover the Rover and Anakin Sandwalker: lessons in project management from the Utah dessert

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Topic: 
Clover the Rover and Anakin Sandwalker: lessons in project management from the Utah dessert
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Venue: 
Packard 202
Speaker: 
Michal Adamkiewicz - Stanford Robotics Club - Stanford University
Abstract / Description: 

What makes a successful engineering team? What makes a fun engineering team? How can the two be combined? Following the adventures (and misadventures) of the the Stanford team competing in the University Rover Challenge, the talk will cover how to go about starting a multi-person design project and how testing can be approached. We will also delve into some of the technical details of the two robots.