Week
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Tuesday Lecture
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Thursday Lecture
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Lab Tuesday & Wednesday
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Lab Thursday & Friday
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Week 1
3/30-4/03
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Course Intro (Both)
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Clock Project Design (Lucas)
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Meet in Computer Lab: EBU2-239
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Meet in Computer Lab: EBU2-239
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Week 2
4/6-4/10
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Clock Project Analysis (Lucas)
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Hand Sketching (Lucas) |
Meet in Computer Lab: EBU2-239
Inventor Lab HW1 due & Shop Intro / AutoCAD Lab HW2 due Physics Prequiz HW
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Meet in Computer Lab: EBU2-239
Inventor
Lab HW1 due
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Shop Intro / AutoCAD
Lab HW2 due
Physics Prequiz HW
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Week 3
4/13-4/17
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Robot Contest Intro (Lucas)
Physics Review (Monday Oct 7)
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Creativity (Lucas)
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Meet in Design Studio: EBU2-315
Clock Fab and Contest Review
Lab HW3 due |
Meet in Design Studio: EBU2-315
Clock Fab and Contest Review
Lab HW3 due
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Week 4
4/20 – 4/24
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Energy Analysis (Lucas)
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Free Body Diagrams (FBDs) I (Qi)
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Meet in Design Studio: EBU2-315
Team Intro. & Concept Gen.
Lab HW4 due
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Meet in Design Studio: EBU2-315
Team Intro. & Concept Gen.
Lab HW4 due
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Week 5
4/27 – 5/1
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Linkages & Mechanism Design (Lucas)
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3D printing/CAD + Teamwork (Qi)
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Meet in Computer Lab: EBU2-239
Inventor
Lab HW5 due
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Meet in Computer Lab: EBU2-239
Inventor
Lab HW5 due
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Week 6
5/4 – 5/8
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Free Body Diagrams (FBDs) II (Qi)
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Degrees of Freedom and Bearings (Qi)
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Meet in Design Studio: EBU2-315
Robot Risk Reduction
Lab HW6 due
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Meet in Design Studio: EBU2-315
Robot Risk Reduction
Lab HW6 due
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Week 7
5/11 – 5/15
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Power Analysis of Transmissions and Mechanical Advantage (Qi)
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Dimensioning and Gears (Qi)
Midterm Review []
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Meet in Design Studio: EBU2-315
Lab HW7 due
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Meet in Design Studio: EBU2-315
Lab HW7 due
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Week 8
5/18 – 5/22
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Midterm (Qi) Midterm Topics
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Redesign Robot Grading Individual Robot Analysis (Qi)
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Meet in Design Studio: EBU2-315
Score X Points -- see lab hw8 for description
Lab HW8 due
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Meet in Design Studio: EBU2-315
Score X Points -- see lab hw8 for description
Lab HW8 due
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Week 9
5/25 – 5/29
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Velocity Analysis + Trigger Example (Qi)
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Technical Presentations and Animation Tutorial (Lucas)
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Meet in Design Studio: EBU2-315
Beat the Golem Meet Lead TA for Robot Analysis
Lab HW9 due
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Meet in Design Studio: EBU2-315
Beat the Golem
Meet Lead TA for Robot Analysis
Lab HW9 due
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Week 10
6/1 – 6/5
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Faculty Research (Both)
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Beyond MAE 3
Contest Instructions (Both)
Individual Robot Analysis (10% of course grade)
TA/Tutor Evaluation Form
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Meet in Computer Lab: EBU2-239
Oral Present and Section Contest
Lab HW10 due
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Meet in Computer Lab: EBU2-239
Oral Present and Section Contest
Lab HW10 due
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Finals
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Final Peer Review due Sunday before finals week
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Robot Contest
Wednesday December 11th
11:30-2:30 pm
at Main Gym
Logistics of Finishing MAE3
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