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Last update: Jan 29, 2023<br>
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MATLAB<br>
<ul>
  <li>Tutorial on creating simple animations. Animate sunrise/sunset <a href="https://youtu.be/bnbLVNRj0II">YouTube link</a>.&nbsp; <a href="info/sunrise_sunset.m">MATLAB file.</a></li>
  <ul>
    <li>After learning the tutorial try to make an animated face. Here is a <a href="https://youtu.be/A4dvcQHA05U">YouTube link</a> to students' work in my robotics class. <br>
    </li>
  </ul>
</ul>

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3D printing and machining<br>
<ul>
  <li><a href="info/Ultimaker-3DPrinting.pdf">3DPrinting on Ultimaker&nbsp;</a></li>
  <li><a href="info/CNC_Router_Tutorial.pdf">CNC router tutorial</a> <br>
  </li>

</ul>
TurtleBot<br>
<ul>
  <li><a href="info/Turtlebot%20Teleop%20With%20Android%20Device.pdf">Turtlebot Teleop With Android Device</a></li>
  <li><a href="info/Turtlebot%20Pair%20Turtlebot%20With%20Workstation.pdf">Turtlebot Pair Turtlebot With Workstation</a></li>
  <li><a href="info/TurtleBot%20Create%20a%20SLAM%20Map.pdf">TurtleBot Create a SLAM Map</a></li>
  <li><a href="info/Operating%20Shushbot.pdf">Operating SHUSH Bot</a><br>
  </li>

</ul>
Manipulator<br>
<ul>
  <li><a href="info/Troubleshooting_UTSA_Dynamixel_Manipulator.pdf">Troubleshooting UTSA Dynamixel Manipulator <br>
</a></li>
</ul>Darwin op2<br>
<ul>
  <li>Darwin op2, <a href="info/darwin_op2_files.zip">original files on the robot</a></li>
  <li>Darwin op2, <a href="info/darwin_op2_get_started.pdf">getting started manual, charging batteries etc. </a><br>
  </li>

  <li>Darwin model/animation on Mac OS. <br>
  </li>

  <ul>
    <li>Install gcc and x11 on mac</li>
    <li>Download the zipped file <a href="info/darwin_animation.zip">darwin_animation.zip</a></li>
    <li>Unzip the file and follow the instructions in the read_me file
which includes two things: 1) set path to textures in animate.c, and 2)
in terminal type ./run</li>
    <li>If you do above steps correctly you will see the following animation, <a href="info/darwin_animation.mp4">darwin_animation.mp4</a><br>
    </li>
  </ul>
</ul>
<br>Minitau<span style="text-decoration: underline;">r quadruped</span><a href="info/Minitaur%20Handle.zip"><br>
</a>
<ul>
  <li><a href="info/UTSAminitaur/MinitaurHandle.zip">3D CAD files for Minitaur Handle</a></li>
  <li>Minitaur Battery: <a href="info/UTSAminitaur/Battery%20Charger%20Manual.pdf">Manual</a>, <a href="info/UTSAminitaur/Battery-Safety-Sheet.pdf">Safety</a></li>

</ul>Open source quadruped<br>
<ul>
  <li><a href="info/opensource_quadruped_notes.zip">Files and read me</a></li>
</ul>Rowdy walker<br>
<ul>
  <li><a href="info/rowdy_walker_instructions.zip">Instruction files including cad files</a><br>
  </li>
</ul>


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Simulations <br>
<ul>
  <li><a href="info/tutorial_sdfast.zip">SD/Fast tutorials -- Triple pendulum</a><br>
  </li>
</ul>
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Writing<br>
<ul>
  <li><a href="info/RAMLab_ReportTemplate.doc">ASME style template for submitting independent study reports and course project reports</a></li>
  <li>How to create plots and edit plots for paper. See the <a href="https://youtu.be/rxYQq7zZf2g">video </a>description for MATLAB file.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Getting started with latex</li>
  <ul>
    <li>Windows 1) Download miketex (<a href="https://miktex.org/">https://miktex.org/</a>) and install; 2) Download texStudio and install (<a href="http://www.texstudio.org/">http://www.texstudio.org/</a>)</li>
    <li>Mac 1) Download and install miketex for mac (<a href="https://miktex.org/howto/install-miktex-mac">https://miktex.org/howto/install-miktex-mac</a>); 2) Download and install texShop (<a href="http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/">http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/</a>)</li>
    <li>After installing mikeTex and editor (texStudio or texShop), download this <a href="info/latex_template.zip">latex example file</a>
and open the template.tex file in the editor and press the green button
that says "&gt;" on texStudio or type Apple key + T on texShop. This
will create a pdf file template.pdf, which is the final result.<br>
    </li>
  </ul>

</ul>
<p> <br>
  A1 trotting<br>
</p>
	<ul>
		<li> <a href="info/a1_trotting9_win.zip"> A1 trotting and keyboard control on windows</a>. See read_me.rtf (opens with wordpad/word) for instructions</li>
	</ul>

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