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January 20th. Week 1
Class Structure
Electronics vs Mechanics
Conceptual vs Technical
Open Resources
Online Tools
Twiki
Blog
Group Emails
Editable Resources
Items and Supplies
Students are Resposible For
Organize Group Order
Suggest Purchasing Own Soldering Iron
Reading: Ron
Brooks - PDF
January 27th. Week 2
An
Electronics Vocabulary
Soldering
Demo and Instruction
Lab
Assignment: Basic Circuit - Demo Credit - Tom Igoe NYU
Start your Twiki
pages. Email Me the Links
Introduce PROJECT ONE
Unique Switches
Unique Outputs
NOTE: Sign Up for Tool Demo
Outside Class
Reading: Design/Basic Interactivity
Wired
- link
February 3rd. Week 3
Intro to Mechanical Fabrication
TOOL TIME
Mill
Lathe
Drill
Vicing
Measuring for Accuracy
From Drawing to Object
- steps to working effectivly
Lab Assignment: Basic Fabrication
Viewing:
Fast Cheap and Out of Control- Video
The Way Things Go - Video
Rodney Brooks - Chapter
2 pgs 12-21
William
Grey Walter
examples
Rube
Goldberg - Web
Wim
Delvoye - Web
Tim
Hawksinon - Web
Brief
Timeline of Early Mechanical Creatures
Mechanical
Duck
Early
Automatons
February 10th. Week 4
Microcontrollers: what they are, different types, levels.
PIC16F87X
Datasheet
Intro to PIC programming
MPLAB
Development Environment
CCS C
Complier
Progamming
in C
Digital Input and Output
Lab Assignment: Beginning PIC program
PROJECT ALERT - Begin Looking
For "Fun Code"
Reading/Viewing:
Wired -
Open Source Design Projects - PDF
http://thinkcycle.org/
Art Interface Device
http://www.interaccess.org/aid/project.html
Open
Automaton Project
http://oap.sourceforge.net/index.php
February 17th. Week 5
Memory and variables: Decimal, binary, hex
Electronic Lab Assignment: tracking changes with variables;
Reading/Viewing:
Future of Robots - PDF
ArtBots
- Web
http://lemurbots.org/
http://artbots.org/2003/participants/micro.adam_micro.eva/
http://www.scratchrobot.com/
http://artbots.org/2003/participants/Slowscan_Soundwave/
http://artbots.org/2003/participants/Tribblation/
http://artbots.org/2003/participants/50_drones/
February 24th. Week 6
Analog Input - What is an ADC?
Basic
Binary Explained
Balancing Input and Output Responsiveness
Lab Assignment: Variable Resistors and Analog Sensors
Sensors Types Overview
Online Examples
Photoresistors
Flex
Sensors
Tilt
Vibrate
Temperature
Microphone
Machine Shop Lab Assignment
Project One Proposals
Reading/Viewing: Basic Instincts
Bug Basics -
PDF
Battle
Bots - PDF
Kelly Heaton
- Web
Guy
Mardsen - Web
Matt Heckert
- Web
SRL - Web
March 2nd. Week 7
Transistors and Relays: Switching Higher-Current Devices
Basic Mechanical Output
Output Devices Overview
Sample Online Resources
Geared
Motors
Sprockets and Chain
Mechanical
Componenets
Surplus
Lab Assignment: Variable Motor Control
Reading/Viewing:Electric Bodies
- Anthropomorphics
Million Doller Legs -
PDF
COGnition - PDF
Amorphicrobotworks
Arthur
Ganson
March 9th. Week 8
No Class
Facial
Recognition Robotics - PDF
March 16th. Week 9
Analog output: Devices that create analog motion or sound.
Lab Assignment: servo
Reading/Viewing:Automata and
Movement: Culture of Robots
Stan Winston
Robotic Pets - PDF
Creature Effects - PDF
Ken
Feingold - Web
March 23rd. Week 10
Review Machine Types
Mechanical Advantage
Friction - Teflon, Nylon, Brass
Materials Discussion - Plastics, Metal, Wood
Mechanical Connections - Pin, Screw, Glue
Tap and Die
Reading/Viewing:
Wearable Computing
Armed Man - PDF
Stelarc
March 30th. Week 11
Formal Production Stategies -
Integration
Modularity
Finishing
Lab Time
April 6th. Week 11
View PROJECT ONE
Final Project Overview and Meetings Scheduled
April 13th. Week 12
Overview of Feral Dogs Project
Natalie Talks
April 20th. Week 13
Dog Release
April 27th. Week 14
FINAL PROJECT Presentation
May 4th. Week 15
FINAL PROJECT Presentation
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