| Course Instructor: | Joel Burdick | Room 205, Keck Laboraties | (626) 395-4139 | jwb@robotics.caltech.edu |
| Course Instructor: | John Van Deusen | Room 024, Spalding | (626) 395-4120 | jvand@caltech.edu |
| Administrative: | Maria Koeper | Room 207, Keck Laboraties | (626) 395-3385 | mkoeper@caltech.edu |
| Teaching Assistant: | Melissa Tanner | Room 218, Keck Laboraties | (626)-395-4470 | melissa@caltech.edu |
| Shop TA: | Jim Bern | jbern@caltech.edu | ||
| Shop TA: | Erin Evans | eevans@caltech.edu | ||
| Shop TA: | Justin Koch | jkoch@caltech.edu | ||
| Shop TA: | Robb Morgan | rmorgan@caltech.edu |
05/26/2014: The Final Project Page will contain material and information relevant to the Final Project
05/07/2014, #2: The allowed transmission size has been increased to 6"x7"x8". See the Transmission Contest Page for more information, and for how to order parts.
05/07/2014: The Transmission Contest Evaluation day has been DELAYED until May 20, 2014 (in class)
04/27/2014: The Transmission Contest Page is up and running
04/15/2014: The due date for the Group Design Project Demonstration has been changed to Thursday, April 24--In class.
04/15/2014: The due date for the Group Design Project Design Artifacts has been changed to Tuesday, April 22 (in class)
04/10/2014: Starting Thursday, April 22, the class will be held in 155 Arms.
04/10/2014: The Group Design Poster Session will be help in Beckman Behavioral Biology (BBB), Room 24, instead of the normal class room of Downs 103.
04/08/2014: The Group Design Project Rules have been changed. The new rules are highlighted in red text in this document
04/01/2014: The class time is changed from the scheduled 3:30-5:00 pm time on Tuesday and thursday to 2:30-4:00 pm on Tuesday and Thursday
| Date: | Lecture | Reading | Optional Reading | Homework |
| 04/01/14 | Course Overview, Intro to the design process | -none- | -none- | -none- |
| 04/03/14 | Problem Definition | ME 71 Notes on Problem Definition | -none- | Group Design Project |
| 04/08/14 | Problem Definition, Intro to Solution Generation | Video on IDEO "deep dive" shopping cart
redesign project ME 71 Notes on Solution Generation |
Video on IDEO (the design company) | -none- |
| 04/10/14 | In Class Group Design Project Poster Session Intro to Solution Generation |
ME 71 Notes on Solution Generation | -none- | -none- |
| 04/15/14 | Solution Generation ( continued) Evaluation of Concepts |
Class Slides on Solution Generation (power point format) | -none- | Update on Group Design Due Dates in the Class Slides |
| 04/17/14 | Transmissions and ServoMotor Physics | Class Slides on Transmissions and Servo Motors (power point format) | -none- | Update on Group Design Due Dates in the Class Slides |