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Day

Date

Lecture

Topic

Reading

Lecturer*

Homework

Other

1

Tue

REGISTRATION DAY

Thu

7-Sep

Lecture 1

Introduction & Mobility Analysis

Chapter 1

SD

2

Tue

12-Sep

Lecture 2

Working Model 3D

Handout

SL

HW1 OUT

Thu

14-Sep

Lecture 3

Mobility and Position Analyses

2.1 - 2.16

SD

3

Tue

19-Sep

Lecture 4

Velocity Analysis pf planar Mechanisms

SD

HW1 DUE/ HW2 OUT

Thu

12-Sep

Lecture 5

Instant Centers and Gear Transmissions

2.17 - 2.18

SD

4

Tue

26-Sep

Lecture 6

Complex Variables for Planar Systems

Chapter 3

SD

HW2 DUE/ HW3 OUT

Thu

28-Sep

Lecture 7

Introduction to Spatial Mechanisms and Manipulators

Chapter 5

SD

5

Tue

3-Oct

Quiz I

HW3 DUE

Thu

5-Oct

Lecture 8

Spatial Mechanisms Motion Analysis and Manipulator Position Analysis

Chapter 6 and notes

OC

HW4 OUT [7-8-9]

6

Tue

10-Oct

(No Class - Columbus Day)

Thu

12-Oct

Lecture 9

Manipulator Position Kinematics

OC

7

Tue

17-Oct

Lecture 10

Manipulator Rate Kinematics

OC

HW4 DUE/ HW5 OUT [10-11-12-13]

Thu

19-Oct

Lecture 11

Manipulator Static Force and Singularities

CL

8

Tue

24-Oct

Lecture 12

Workspace and Redundancies

CL

HW5 DUE/ HW6 OUT

Thu

26-Oct

Lecture 13

Planning and Control

CL

9

Tue

31-Oct

Lecture 14

Kinematic Synthesis 2&3 Position Theory

Chapter 4

SD

HW6 DUE

Thu

2-Nov

QUIZ II

10

Tue

7-Nov

Lecture 15

Kinematic Synthesis Using Complex Variables

SD

HW7 OUT

Project proposal due (1 page)

Thu

9-Nov

Lecture 16

Kinematic Synthesis

SD

Proposal OK

11

Tue

14-Nov

Lecture 17

Inertial Forces in Planar Mechanisms

Chapter 11

SD

Thu

16-Nov

Lecture 18

Dynamics Using the Principle of Reflection

SD

HW7 DUE

12

Tue

21-Nov

Lecture 19

Dynamic of Planar Systems

Chapter 12

SD

HW8 OUT

Thu

23-Nov

(No Class - Thanksgiving Holiday)

13

Tue

28-Nov

Lecture 20

Spatial Dynamics

SD

Thu

30-Nov

QUIZ III

HW8 DUE

14

Tue

5-Dec

Project Presentation I

Project report due (10 pages)

Thu

7-Dec

Project Presentation II

15

Tue

12-Dec

Lecture 21

Modeling Human Movement as Spatial Mechanism

CL

Web

13-Dec

LAST DAY OF THE CLASS

*: SD = S. Dubowsky; OC = O. Chocron; CL = C. Lee ; SL = S. Lin

 

Edited by Sharon Lin

09/06/00