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Youwen Wu
Last updated on Oct 31, 2024
Topics: Philosophy
Addresses the Argument for Betting on God, otherwise known as Pascal's Wager through a rational and mathematically rigorous viewpoint. Addresses key arguments based on cardinality and probability.
Youwen Wu, Christian Bordalo, Charles Krueger, and Matthieu Fayet-Faber
Last updated on Mar 09, 2024
Topics: Physics
The motion of a simple pendulum and the acceleration due to local gravity are connected, and we can express its period π in terms of its length β and gravity π through a simple formula. This also means that if we can determine π and β, we can then calculate a value for π. In this paper, we will show how to calculate an experimental value of π for Earthβs gravity using a simple pendulum.
Ananth Venkatesh and Youwen Wu
Last updated on Mar 02, 2024
Topics: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, FIRST Robotics Competition
In this paper, we present eeXiv, an open-source, open-access project hosted by Team 1280 EECS ("Electrical Engineering and Computer Science"), independent of the department of the same name at UC Berkeley. We aim to rival arXiv as the single largest open-source and open-access research paper repository and as the largest research paper repository on the West Coast, transforming San Ramon Valley High School into a tier-1 research institution. Similar to arXiv, we host electronic preprints and pos...
Saim Hasan
Last updated on Feb 07, 2024
Topics: FIRST Robotics Competition, Mechanical Engineering
This guide to mechanical engineering covers gears and gear ratios, gear types, gear diagrams and measurements and sprockets and chains. It also introduces a discussion of power in the context of gears and mechanical engineering specific to FRC robotics.
Youwen Wu and Ananth Venkatesh
Last updated on Feb 06, 2024
Topics: Artificial Intelligence, FIRST Robotics Competition, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Approximately 1 month ago, the Team 1280 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department (henceforth referred to as just EECS), an independent organ of the Team 1280 official organization which operates extrajudicially and without congressional oversight, requisitioned a LiDAR capable of generating a 3-D depth map of the area ahead in order to supplement and enhance the BozoVision subroutine with additional sensory input. However, a SNAFU (or deliberately malicious incompetence) led to th...
Last updated on Jan 29, 2024
DeepBozo is designed to incorporate various AI-enhanced driver assistance features and autonomous technologies. In order to meet our 1 month deadline for a prototype thatβs ready to scrimmage and train with, Team 1280 EECS needs to conduct a thorough analysis of the goals and limitations of DeepBozo and its various subroutines. In this report, we explore the various possible capabilities of DeepBozo and the feasibility of each.
Majd Bohsali, Ananth Venkatesh, and Youwen Wu
Last updated on Jan 24, 2024
This document outlines the first two weeks of prototyping conducted by the EECS subteam for Team 1280. Action items are presented in a doing/working/moving format to keep track of new developments related to EECS projects.
Warren Lin
Last updated on Dec 12, 2023
This is the Electrical Sub team Training. Firstly, we discuss the requirements and suggestions, we require everyone to bring your own device/Chromebook, we also require students to join GitHub and join the GitHub organization. We recommend students bring their own tools such as a precision screwdriver set and a multimeter should cover everything from basic repairs and learning to use these devices. On Day 1 we will discuss the ins and outs of the robot. The Electrical Sub team in FRC is the caul...
Ananth Venkatesh
Last updated on Oct 14, 2023
Topics: Economics, FIRST Robotics Competition, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The toughbook is a rugged, industrial computer intended for low-performance, scalable, and cheap computational operations. The robotics storage cabinet contained a Lenovo ThinkPad toughbook which was, at the time of its discovery, severely damaged, both internally (software) and externally (hardware). The programming team invested significant time, energy, resources, and capital into the revival of this storied piece of digital infrastructure, thus restoring the ThinkPad and, by extension, the r...
Zach LeClaire, Shaochen Zhong, Zaichuan You, Jiamu Zhang, Sebastian Zhao, Zirui Liu, Daochen Zha, Vipin Chaudhary, Shuai Xu, and Xia Hu
Last updated on Sep 21, 2023
Topics: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Densely structured pruning methods utilizing simple pruning heuristics are capable of delivering immediate compression and acceleration benefits with acceptable benign performances. However, empirical findings indicate such naively pruned networks are extremely fragile under simple adversarial attacks. Naturally, we would be interested in knowing if such phenomenon also hold true to carefully designed modern structured pruning methods. If so, then to what extent the severity? And what kind of re...
Spencer Level
Last updated on May 24, 2023
Topics: Political Science
Although ethnic nationalism and democratization contributed greatly to the downfall of the Soviet Union, the primary catalyst of Soviet collapse was the Soviet-Afghan War. The conflict exacerbated existing ethnic and cultural divides in the hinterlands of the Soviet empire, and the dramatic Russian loss broadcasted the fact that the Red Army was not invincible to foreign powers and internal dissidents alike, emboldening the first breakaway republics and enabling the eventual dissolution of the S...