Autonomous Cars: Learning and Teaching with Autonomous Tech
World Maker Faire New York 2018
September 22nd-23rd
Learn the skills to create your own autonomous vehicle (AV) on the cheap! This will be a 90% hands on session where we'll:
- Learn to make a really cheap (or free) AV
- Create core AV functionality like computer vision and motor control
- Learn how educators are using this platform to teach CS, robotics, and other concepts
- Find out how to continue building skills in this area(International AV Racing!!!!)
Laptops encouraged, but definitely not required.
Workshop Details
Date: Saturday, September 22 | 10:30 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $20
Register Here!
Marc Sturzl
Marc Sturzl is maker who has worked on projects from improving medical diagnoses to making autonomous asteroid mining robots. Since the first time he broke and nervously fixed the family computer he has been in love with the challenge and creative skills needed to be an maker. Through working for a couple startups, helping to found his college's robotics team and starting a career in software engineering he developed a passion for enabling and building teams. Most recently Marc has been working with the Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Group to develop free and low cost projects that teach resume level autonomous vehicle engineering skills. Most of his non technical time goes to cooking, playing tuba, or playing around with new kinds of sensors.
