Become A Roboticist/Rapid Robotics Research Workbook

  • $350

Rapid Robotics Research Workbook

  • Course
  • 35 Lessons

A Digital Workbook To Show You How To Create Robotics Experiments In Days Not Weeks With Context Engineering.

The Faster You Can Experiment, The Faster You Can Find Your Research Niche.

Context Engineering Lets You Move Faster Than Your Professors Ever Could.

It's not enough to just be good at coding, you now need to be good at using LLM's. But where to start? This course gives you a structured approach taking you from the basics to running your own robotics experiments as fast as possible.

Using industry standard tools

Be Ready For A Career In Industry By Using Corporate Tools For Robotics

If you use the tools that industry uses, you'll have an easier time working with them in your post-doc

These online workbooks focuses on using Robotics Operating System 2 (ROS 2) together with VS Code's GitHub Co-Pilot integration. Tools that you're industry partners or bosses will understand.

Contents

Rapid Robotics Research Overview

Workbook 1: Choose Your Tools & The Road Ahead

There are lots of AI tools to choose from. This workbook describes the specific set of tools we will use in these lessons, getting you ready for the journey ahead.

Get Started In Minutes With This AI Development Template
3 Reasons Why And 3 Mistakes
Asking Good Questions: How To Use The Ask Feature
Assignment: Competing AI's
AI Readiness Checklist.pdf

Workbook 2: Experiment With The Tools

In this workbook we will use AI coding tools to help us rapidly develop a robotics simulator. Our first big project to build with AI.

Why Use Context Engineering Instead Of A Single Prompt
3 Tips For Keeping Clean Context
The 5 Step SUPER framework for Context Engineering Projects
How To Use Version Control To Avoid Losing Days Of Work
Frequently Asked Questions
The AI Enabled Turtlebot Project Template You Can Use To Start Any ROS 2 project.
An Example Experiment & Template You Can Use To Test Your New Skills

Workbook 3: Create Your Simulator

Most researchers need to setup a robotics simulator to help prove out their ideas. In this workbook we will look at how to setup robotics simulators with ROS 2.

Why build a simulator for your research?
The Golden Rule of Simulators for Research
How To Use Gazebo Plugins
Alternative Simulators: Issac Sim Instead Of Gazebo
Automate Everything: An Automated Gazebo Test Template
Checklist For Ensuring Your Simulator Is Ready For Research

Workbook 4: Define Your Own Coding Style

A key part of Context Engineering is giving the AI an understanding of your specific needs. In this workbook we explore best practices for helping your AI to help you.

Why Create Your Own Coding Style
Why You Should Avoid System Prompt Overload
How To Write Your Prompt Files
My Prompt Writing Template And Usage
Using the Define Your Style prompt checklist

Workbook 5: Test What You Expect

Once you have a simulation, the first thing you should do is test an expected outcome. This workbook walks through how you should think about and implement this idea.

Why Testing The Expected Is Important
Don't Update Your Prior Mid Test
Prompt Guide: How To Know What To Expect
How To Be An Impartial Tester
Frequently Asked Questions
The Experiment Report Template

Workbook 6: Test What You Don't Expect

Once you've had a few experiments, there will be something that didn't quite go to plan. Now it's time to double down on that.

Don't Be Afraid To Follow What Seems Interesting
Beware Of The Sycophant AI
How To Reproduce The Unexpected
What You Don't Expect Prompt
Reproducible Research Checklist