In this course we'll have a thorough hands-on experience with Python programming language and Git version control.

Course credits: 4 ECTS

Lecturer: Lauri Võsandi

E-mail: lauri [donut] vosandi [plus] i703 [ät] gmail [dotchka] com

Possible projects

• Build football robots software stack using Python
• Work on various already existing projects: Butterknife, Certidude, <insert awesome project here>
• Build webshop using Django
• Build your awesome penetration testing tool in Python
• Build something else using Django, Falcon, Qt, <insert awesome framework here>

Football robots subtasks

• Implement image recognition using OpenCV. Goal: recognize balls on the field using simply a webcam
• Implement communications with Arduino sensor/actuator board. Goal: Read values of sensors and run/stop motors attached to Arduino
• Implement communications with web browser using WebSockets. Goal: Move the robot using a smartphone or laptop.
• Implement basic game logic inside event loop.
• Explore possible speed-up scenarios using PyCUDA, PyOpenCL. Goal: Figure out what kind of hardware could be procured in the future.