Professor Oussama Khatib enthusiastically tossed black T-shirts to class participants crowded in the basement of an engineering building that displayed in bold white letters a mashup of their names and the name of the course. Suited up and ready to play, they were ready for the games to begin.
"I know there's going to be a lot of excitement," Khatib said to the packed room. "You've been working day and night. Thank you."
Gathered in teams of three or four, the students took turns showing off their creations – robots that play games, make art, help land a toy helicopter.
"Every year students come with all of these wonderful ideas," Khatib said. "They are so creative in conceiving a project that's exciting, interactive, dynamic."
Experimental Robotics is a spring quarter class for students who have basic knowledge of robotics. By the end of the course, they are expected to be able to design and build their own 'bot.
The day of final presentations brings friends and classmates together to cheer on the accomplishment of creating a machine that completes a task – or tries to. The game-day vibe is made complete with a table filled with snacks and soda.
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