BE 107, Spring 2015

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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