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PENELOPE remote Maypole Robot Dancing
Dance together safely in a pandemic with PENELOPE woven maypole dancing robots! This is an event where participants are invited to use a simple visual programming system in their browsers to remotely program small robots to dance around a maypole. Once acquainted with the system and their robot, the aim will be to produce a simple braid. The progress will be viewable via Zoom, and will be something a bit like controlling robots on another planet.
We set up a maypole, add some cameras and lighting. You’ll get assigned a robot which you can see over Zoom with 7 other participants. No programming or maypole dancing experience required.
We’ll explain how to use “Yarn”, our simple ‘drag and drop’ visual programming system for controlling the movements of your robot, which you can use in your browser. We’ll then explore together some maypole dances that result in different braids. The dance will be recorded so we can watch it later in timelapse.
Mode of participation
Online via Zoom (plus a web interface for controlling the robots)
Sign up
Please use the below form to join one of the sessions. Participation is free of charge but please let us know if you are unable to join us.
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The PENELOPE project is funded by the European Research council under the HORIZON 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, Grant agreement No. 682711.
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