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Home Assistants - Robotics
Akshay Jaitly
Ayush Gandhi
Studio Introduction
In this studio, students will learn beginner to intermediate robotics skills to design autonomous robots that address assistive issues in our homes. The studio will begin with a series of exercises and readings that provide background on the field of robotics, and help us consider how robots will evolve as a result of new technologies like generative AI. In the first week, students will learn about robot components like servos, motors, cameras, sensors, and signaling in order to build a robot to compete in an autonomous vehicle challenge. Students will also venture into deeper mathematics behind the movement of a robot, including forward kinematics and function inversion.
Once a foundation of robotics has been established, students will brainstorm ideas about how robots can serve us in our homes as assistants, especially when we are solving for a mobility or accessibility challenge. Final projects in this studio will include prototypes for assistive technologies in homes with accessibility needs. Students will produce a written report detailing the design decisions, constraints, kinematics and aspirations for the robot.
Precedents
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9 AM Block
1 PM Block
G4G
Studio Introduction
Gears
Car Building!
Make your car go in circle/oval
Signals
Equations of Motion - Kinematics
Week 1 (March 25 - March 28)
Driving Question: What speed of wheel will make your car go in a circle/oval of a particular radius?
Sensors & Motors
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9 AM Block
1 PM Block
G4G
Measuring Angles: How much your car has turned
Inverse Kinematics: Given a point in 3D space, reach it!
Mid Reviews
3 Degrees of Freedom
Trignometry
Group Formations
Mid Review Prep
Week 2 (March 31 - April 4)
Axils & Ideas
Project Brainstorming
Driving Question: How much has your car turned?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9 AM Block
1 PM Block
G4G
Project Work
Week 3 (April 7 - April 11)
Project Work
Project Work
Project Work
Desk Crits
Project Work
Project Work
Project Work
Project Work
Driving Question: What home assistance robot are you building?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9 AM Block
1 PM Block
Pencils Down
Presentation Prep
Final Presentations
Week 4 (April 13 - April 15)
Project Work
Project Work
Presentation Prep
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9 AM Block
1 PM Block
Pencils Down
Presentation Prep
Final Presentations
Week 4 (April 13 - April 15)
Project Work
Project Work
Presentation Prep
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9 AM Block
1 PM Block
Desk Crits
Week 3 (April 7 - April 11)
Mid Reviews
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9 AM Block
1 PM Block
Pencils Down
Presentation Prep
Final Presentations
Week 4 (April 13 - April 15)
Presentation Prep
Design Constraints for your final project:
Your robot should have a: