BE 107, Spring 2015

Week 1

• Tue lecture (31 Mar): Motivation (bio and engineering; 60m) + class logistics (30m)
• Wed lab session #1, 7-10 pm
• Thu lecture (2 Apr): Programming concepts
• HW out on Tue, due following Tue
• Lab hours on Mon, 1-4 pm

Week 2

• Tue lecture (7 Apr): Mechanical design and fabrication
• Wed lab session #2, 7-10 pm: Solid works, laser cutter
• Thu lecture (9 Apr): Biomechanics
• HW out on Tue, due following Tue
• Lab hours on Mon, 1-4 pm

Week 3

• Tue lecture (14 Apr): Electrical design, sensing and actuation
• Wed lab session, 7-10 pm
• Thu lecture (16 Apr): Animal sensors/actuators
• HW out on Tue, due following Tue
• Lab hours on Mon, 1-4 pm

Week 4

• Tue lecture (21 Apr): Control systems
• Wed lab session, 7-10 pm
• Thu lecture (23 Apr): Feedback principles in biology
• HW out on Tue, due following Tue
• Lab hours on Mon, 1-4 pm

Week 5

• Tue lecture (28 Apr): Image processing (Pietro?)
• Wed lab session, 7-10 pm
• Thu lecture (30 Apr): Animal vision systems
• HW out on Tue, due following Tue
• Lab hours on Mon, 1-4 pm

Week 6

• Tue lecture (5 May): estimation
  • Include things that might mirror what nature does (eg, DGC)
  • Kalman filtering; use in avoiding higher order derivatives
• Wed lab session, 7-10 pm: tracking
• Thu lecture (7 May): animal behavior
• HW out on Tue, due following Tue
• Lab hours on Mon, 1-4 pm

Week 7

• Tue lecture (12 May): Systems design
• Lab hours on Wed, 7-10 pm
• Thu lecture (14 May): Evolution
• Lab hours on Mon, 1-4 pm

Week 8

• Tue lecture (19 May): Robotics/autonomy
• Lab hours on Wed, 7-10 pm
• Thu lecture (21 May): Experiment design
• Lab hours on Mon, 1-4 pm

Week 9

• Tue lecture (26 May): Frontiers I - engineering
• Lab hours on Wed, 7-10 pm
• Thu lecture (28 May): Frontiers II - engineering
• Lab hours on Mon, 1-4 pm