physical computing

Robotics

Semester: 
Spring
Offered: 
2012

In this upper-level elective, students will be introduced to concepts and technologies for applications in the physical world in which motors, actuators and sensors are critical devices and real-world variability has significance that is not present in the virtual world of digital data manipulation.  The lecture component of the course will include, as time permits, topics in industrial manufacturing, prosthetics, healthcare, autonomous vehicles, spying and identification systems, interactive art installations, and related ethical issues.  Students will be required to do library r