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2021-10-24 : SR2022 Issue 03
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The Student Robotics (Almost) Weekly Newsletter is a (roughly) fortnightly newsletter which summarises the goings‐on across Student Robotics. Emboldened items are ones for which additional help has been requested.
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Sign up to help with our Kickstart team visits
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We're running Kickstart a little differently this year. The Kickstart event will be livestreamed to all teams on Saturday 13th November 2021. |
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We would like to run one-on-one sessions to check the kits are in working order, assist with micro-games, and be there to answer any questions from the team. Some of these will be on the day, and some in the following few weeks, both virtually and in-person depending on team and volunteer availability.
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Successful Kit Packing Event
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The kit packing event on the 16th and 17th October was a success and we had a great time getting things ready to send out to teams this year.
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Hack Day on 30th October
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There's a kit "hack" day happening on 2021-10-30 in Southampton university (building 32 (32/3077)). Plan is to start at around 10. Kit hacking days are a chance for us to spend a day working on all aspects of the kit, making sure it's ready for kickstart. Not only is there development, but documentation, testing, chatting, discussions, and more. It'll be a great chance to meet other volunteers and generally socialise. We'll probably then do something social in the evening too. All volunteers are welcome, although we do strongly recommend doing a COVID test before attending. There's a calendar event on the shared SR calendar with all the details.
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Kit Logistics Issue Tracking proposal
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A proposal was made in the last kit team meeting for tracking kit logistics for SR2022 and going forward in an open manner. It will allow us to have a view of what kits are currently in the field, and whether they need returning. The proposed ticketing-style system would be implemented using GitHub Issue Templates and would replace the current system of spreadsheets. |
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Request for Help: Yocto and OpenEmbedded Experience
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Please could any volunteers willing to help out with embedded Linux on the ODROID reach out to the Kit Team in #kit-software on Slack?. We are aiming to reduce the size of the image and introduce atomic updates using Yocto / OpenEmbedded and would appreciate any time that volunteers with experience can spare! Currently both Rauc and Mender are under consideration as alternatives to the current Arch Linux based images we have been building.
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