| Week of |
Lectures |
Lab Notes |
Lab Description |
| 1/14/07 |
No Lab this week |
| 1/22/07 |
Overview |
Lab Report Guidelines |
Lab logistics and Goals |
| 1/28/07 |
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Lab1 - Introduction to Robotics |
Students build a wall following robotic mouse and attempt to modify the design to produce more sophisticated behaviors using knowledge from Electrical Circuit Theory |
| 2/4/08 |
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Lab 2 - Light Sensor Circuits |
Students use the knowlege of Electrical Circuit Theory to design Light Sensor that turns on light when room is dark |
| 2/11/08 |
PCB Lecture (PCB schematic in slide) |
Lab2b - Electronic Prototyping
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Students prototype sensor circuit from Lab 2 such that it can be manufactured and can be commercially available |
| 2/18/08 |
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Lab3 - Intro Linux & Edubot Environment & Java without IDE |
Students learn to work in non-graphical user environment in Linux. Write and Run java programs without using IDEs. Learn to work with Edubot simulation environment and running the Edubot. |
| 2/25/08 |
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Lab 4 - Dance Lab |
Students choose music and then choreograph a dance with the robot. They come up with and implement a library of dance moves |
| 3/3/08 |
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Dance Lab Contd.. |
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| 3/10/08 |
SPRING BREAK |
| 3/17/08 |
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Dance Lab Contd.. |
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| 3/24/08 |
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Dance Demo & Report Due |
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3/31/08 |
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Lab 5 - Optimization |
Student design and experiment to optimize the robots walking gait. |
4/7/08 |
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Optimization Contd. |
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4/14/08 |
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Lab 6 - Technical Writing Lab
Legged Robots - an overview (paper to read)
ESE 112 Library Course Guide
Sign-up with Fellows (to review draft)
APA guidelines |
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4/21/08 |
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Technical Writing Contd. |
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4/28/08 |
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Lab 6 reports are due
Lab Exam Information (Exam during lab time) |
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