Introduction

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This handbook is up-to-date for the 2024 event.

Welcome to the documentation for volunteers at the Smallpeice Computing, Electronics and Robotics summer school.

Over 5 days, we will help 50 sixth-form students to design, build, program and test fully autonomous robots, before running a competition for them on the Friday afternoon.

You are not expected to read this handbook in its entirety, though please familiarise yourself with at least the following pages:

• Volunteer structure
• Volunteer area
• Morning briefings
• Robot safety

What's what?

• The event is organised by Southampton Robotics Outreach.
• It takes place at the University of Southampton, in the School of Electronics and Computer Science.
  • Mostly in building 59 (New Zepler), sometimes in building 32 (EEE).