Animals
The “horse wearing striped pajamas”
Zebra
This C++ keyword prevents a variable's value from being modified after initialization.
const
"OBJECTIVS"
Samuel Zhou
What animal regularly roams around the outside of our office?
Turkey
This type of sensor measures distance using time-of-flight principles, not to be confused with the British word for a flashlight.
LiDar
The “wet noodle with teeth
Eel
This CI concept means that every commit should be automatically validated.
continuous integration
"Set it free, let it go"
Mehdi Ghajari
What is the name of the character that is hanging on Shannon's laptop?
Smiski
This sensor’s output is vulnerable to magnetic interference but is essential for determining heading.
IMU magnetometer
The “trash panda”
Raccoon
This command-line tool analyzes memory leaks in C/C++ programs.
Valgrind
"beefs on X"
Thomas Tang
There are 2 hanging pictures with mechanical stuff down the hallway before entering the warehouse. Who is the inventor of the items in the image?
Henry Ford
These cameras provide depth through structured light or stereoscopic calculation.
depth cameras
The “floating panic attack wrapped in tentacles”
Jellyfish
This optimization technique avoids unnecessary copying by reusing objects whose contents will no longer be needed.
move semantics
"chegg 2.0"
Patrick Tran
Explain the design of 2/3 of the storage room keys.
Yoda, "Home" with blue pattern, pink zig-zag pattern
In motor control, this technique rapidly switches supply voltage to modulate speed while minimizing energy loss.
PWM (pulse-width modulation)
The “angry chicken with knives on its feet”
Cassowary
This discipline ensures that software continues to function despite the failure of one or more components.
fault tolerance
"Most-quit-omg"
Bruce Fan
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Named for an Italian mathematician, this filter fuses noisy sensor data into a smooth estimate.
Kalman filter