| Week | Lecture Date | Lab Dates |
Topic | Suggested Reading | Laboratories |
| 1 | W 9/13 | Th 9/14, F 9/15 | Motor control system with the Basic Stamp | HEDS-9000 HCTL-2016 SG-531P LF411 OPA544 Pittman Data Sheet Board of Education (BOE) ASCII Chart Stamp II Manual |
Lab 1 |
| 2 | W 9/20 | Th 9/21, F 9/22 | Trajectory generation and motion control of a four-bar mechanisms | Stamp II Manual Four-bar Matlab code |
Lab 2 |
| 3 | W 9/27 (BW) | Th 9/28, F 9/29 | Control and task programming with a 3-DOF robot arm | C/C++ Tutorial OpenHaptics Toolkit Programmer's Guide Phantom Omni Robotic/Haptic Device |
Lab 3 |
| 4 | W 10/4 | Th 10/5, F 10/6 | Introduction to Project 1: LightBots, art with lights and images (Joan Freedman lecture), using A/D & D/A computer boards |
Fabulous Foamcore NI PCI-4016 DAQ board overview NI PCI-4016 DAQ board pinouts NI PCI-4016 manual General NI DAQ manual NI DAQ function reference Basic stamp servo commands Parallax servo motor instructions National Instruments board code to read encoder and output voltage |
Project 1 Report guidelines Grade sheet Self and partner evaluation form |
| 5 | W 10/11 | Th 10/12, F 10/13 | Mechanical design and prototyping (lecture notes) | Project 1 | |
| 6 | W 10/18 | Th 10/19, F 10/20 | Opto-isolation and Switches | Project 1 | |
| 7 | W 10/25 | Th 10/26, F 10/27 | Project help | Project 1 | |
| Tu 10/31 | LightBot Show: grading 6-6:30 pm, open lab 6:30-8 pm | ||||
| 8 | W 11/1 | Th 11/2, F 11/3 | Project 2 overview and partner selection Joan Freedman lecture during lab sections |
Project 2 Report guidelines Grade sheet Self and partner evaluation form |
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| 9 | W 11/8 | Th 11/9, F 11/10 | Mobile robot design and sensors (lecture notes) | Project 2 | |
| 10 | W 11/15 | Th 11/16, F 11/17 | Mobile robot control strategies | Project 2 | |
| 11 | W 11/22 | Holiday | Project help | Project 2 | |
| 12 | W 11/29 | Th 11/30, F 12/1 | Battery power and voltage regulation | Project 2 | |
| 13 | W 12/6 | Th 12/7, F 12/8 | Robot software design | Project 2 | |
| F 12/8 | ArtBot Show: setup 10-11, grading 11-12, public art show 12-1 |