Unit Schedule

Week	Tuesday Lecture	Thursday Lecture	Lab/To-Do
1	Introduction to the unit (AS)		Team formation, safety induction, distribution of the kits
2	Methodical design/debug (RAR)	Teamwork: forming groups, meetings, conflict resolution strategies (RR)	Solder the switches, pins and sockets of the Glomerida board, and start learning how to use it. Write the risk assessment sheet, and begin brainstorming.
3	Mechanical considerations (RAR)	Suitable sensors (RAR)	Project work
4	Control and practicalities (RAR)	Project management 1: Introduction to planning and scheduling (RR)	Project work
5	Guest lecture by Rory Paltridge, Product Manager, ABB, Large AC Machines & Generators Division	Documentation and referencing (RR)	Project work
6	Motors and electronics (RAR)	Project management 2: Planning, scheduling, project management techniques and software (RR)	Project work
7	Layered architectures for robot intelligence (AS)	Report writing (RR)	Project work
8	(AS) Guest lecture by Nick D'Ademo	Presentation skills (RR)	Project work
9	(AS)	(AS)	Preliminary competition
non-teaching week
10	(AS)	Team presentation: 21, 06, 10, 18, 25, 17	Project work
11	Team presentation: Teams 05, 08, 16, 04, 22, 28	Team presentation: Teams 20, 09, 13, 07, 15, 26	Project work
12	Team presentation: Teams 11, 23, 24, 03, 19	Team presentation: Teams 27, 14, 01, 12, 02	Final competition, submission of the Final Report

Topic revision: r7 - 2014-10-06 - AhmetSekercioglu