The goal of the first lab session is to
After starting the robot and trying out some teach pendant movements, begin trying to use the VAL-II language (see class handout)to programmatically control the robot. In the next lab session we'll, try to build something or have Raven play music on a xylophone. But for this session, you'll write simple VAL programs that generate motion sequences that might tell you something about the ACCURACY (if you tell it to move 10 cm, how close to exactly that movement does it actually make) and REPEATABILITY (if you keep telling it to go back to somewhere it's been before, and that you told it to remember, how close does it really get to reaching that same spot again).
Think about how you might program arm movement sequences that would yield interesting results for this experiment. And, think about how we can measure accuracy/repeatability using the programmed motions.
You don't have to write out anything ahead of time. In lab, we'll talk about what motions and measurement techniques you'd like to try, and then implement them.