Sm [Art] Spaces :: How to Build Robots for Artists
A Presidential Dream Course

WEEK 1 (JAN 20,22)

* Introductions, course expectations, presentation of guidlelines for the Final Project
LECTURE: Art, Science and the Platypus?

* Basic electronics lecture

WEEK 2 (JAN 27,29)

Class cancelled due to bad weather

|| Basic electronics workshop - meet in B15 Art building

Response to reading 1 due (posted to the wiki: after you have registered on twiki email Andrew Fagg and he will give you access.)

WEEK 3 (FEB 3, FEB 5)

* LECTURE: Problem Solving and Art
* PROJECT 1: Emotional communication device

*|| Introduction to micro controllers and the Arduino (electronics prototyping platform)

WEEK 4 (FEB 10,12)

* Present PROJECT 1 DUE in class with short critique
|| More Arduino (electronics prototyping platform)

|| More Arduino (electronics prototyping platform)
* Assign small groups

WEEK 5 (FEB 17,19)

* Project Discussion: Sentient Environments and Non-Linear Story Telling
* PROJECT 2: Case Study

* Finite State Machine (FSM) workshop

Response to reading 2 due (posted to the wiki)

WEEK 6 (FEB 24,26)

* PROJECT 2 DUE: Small groups present case studies

* PROJECT 2 DUE: Small groups present case studies
|| Application of FSM

WEEK 7 (MARCH 3,5)

|| Application of FSM (FSM Tutorial)
* PROJECT 3: Digital I/O

|| Application of FSM

WEEK 8 (MARCH 10,12)

MARCH 9th - LINDA SMITH PUBLIC LECTURE (Stephenson Research Center)
*Linda Smith in the classroom

* Presentation help (work in assigned groups)

Response to reading 3 due (posted to the wiki)

WEEK 9 (MARCH 17,19)

Spring Break

No class this week :: have a great break!

WEEK 10 (MARCH 24, 26)

* PROJECT 4 DUE: Project proposals

* Ken Feingold in the classroom - informal presentation of project proposals
MARCH 26th - KEN FEINGOLD PUBLIC LECTURE
(Fred Jones Museum Auditorium)

Response to reading 4 due (posted to the wiki)

|| More Arduino

Advising Day - No Class

WEEK 12 (APRIL 7, 9)

Ilah R. Nourbakhsh

* Small group project work day

APRIL 8th - ILAH R. NOURBAKHSH PUBLIC LECTURE (Stephenson Research Center)

* Ilah Nourbakhsh in the classroom

Response to reading 5 due (posted to the wiki)

WEEK 13 (APRIL 14, 16)

* PROJECT 5 DUE: Project Update (Checkpoint)

|| More Arduino

WEEK 14 (APRIL 21, 23)

Sri Dharma Mittra

* Small group project work day

* Dharma in the classroom
APRIL 23rd - SRI DHARMA MITTRA PUBLIC LECTURE
(Stephenson Research Center)

Response to reading 6 due (posted to the wiki)

WEEK 15 (APRIL 28, 30)

* Small group project work day

* Small group project work day

WEEK 16 (MAY 5, 7)

* Small group project work day

* PROJECT 6 DUE: FINAL EXHIBITION OF THE PROJECT TO THE PUBLIC
!! ALL DOCUMENTATION MUST BE POSTED ON THE WIKI !!

WEEK 17 (MAY 12, 14)

Finals Week

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