2024-03-14 and 2024-03-15 Meeting Agendas

[simojo]

:robot: Meting w JJ

• Understanding how to intelligently apply <kd> and <kp> to solve acryllic legs from wildly oscillating.
• Revising/input on DRL/DDPG theory section and possibly methods section if complete.
  • It is really imperative that I at least get the theory completed before this meeting
  • It is 90% imperative that I get the theory section completed before this meeting.
• Discussing timeline of the next two weeks and mentioning how I need to work for a few more days before getting graphable results.
• Talking about if slides that are due on 2024-03-24 and if I need to be including physics slides there -- what's the policy for that?

:robot: Meeting w JJ

• I may need to add friction coefficients to my links -- JJ sent me hyperlinks over discord
• Feedback from DRL part of the paper
  • Method of approach -> Gazebo could include how I got started with gazebo and how I set up the simulation, including information about libraries used and perhaps types of behavior.
  • I need to show what the elements are from the simulation
  • Because the simulated environment is an outcome of my work, I will need to write about it in the results section. I will need to talk about the theoretical setup of my work in the method of approach section.
  • Putting my experimental design in the results, because it will go adjacent to my evaluation of my project
  • Talking about the graphs that I make in my results section, because it is a way in which I can validate it.
• CIS slide are due on the 24th of march, but I can complete the Physics slides at a slightly later date, including the introduction.
• In terms of the paper, JJ says I should focus on finishing each component first, and then, if I have time before the deadline, I can go back and add to some of the sections after the deadline, such as literature review.
• I should write about my results, regardless of their quality, before 2024-03-22 in order to have a "finished" comp. JJ encouraged me to do so.

[simojo]

:atom: Meeting w Willey

• Understanding inertial tensors and why the off-diagonal elements are $I_{xy} = -m \intV xy \text{d}V$ (I understand why the diagonal elements are $I{xx} = m \int_V (y^2 + z^2)\text{d}V$.
• Getting intuition for rotational matrices aside from transforming basis vectors.
• Establishing ideas of what might come up in the oral
• Talking about if I need to enhance the discussion on Einstein coefficients before the oral
• Talking about other theory that needs to be added before paper is due.
• Talking about if slides that are due on 2024-03-24 and if I need to be including physics slides there -- what's the policy for that?