Last updated: 1/09/2002
| T | 1/15 | Intro | |
| R | 1/17 | Cabaret Mechanical Theatre (V) | |
| T | 1/22 | Lecture on Automata, hand out paper automaton assignment | |
| R | 1/24 | Ganson (V), MIT Artistic Machines Panel (V), Cricket introduction | |
| T | 1/29 | Paper automaton due; hand out wooden automaton assignment, Crickets (in class work) | |
| R | 1/31 | How to Make Automata (V), Paper as material lecture | |
| T | 2/5 | intro to lab and machine tools, laser cutter interface, more crickets | |
| R | 2/7 | wooden automaton due, wood and other materials lecture | |
| T | 2/12 | group meetings to discuss project 1 | |
| R | 2/14 | DESIGN SYMPOSIUM DAY: Project 1 (Automaton) sketches due | |
| T | 2/19 | lecture on science and construction kits, hand out science kits | |
| R | 2/21 | lecture on embedded computation | |
| T | 2/26 | embedded computation (continued), short reports/discussion on science kits | |
| R | 2/28 | lab work | |
| T | 3/5 | lab work | |
| R | 3/7 | lab work | |
| T | 3/12 | lab work | |
| R | 3/14 | PROJECT 1 (AUTOMATON) + REPORTS DUE, PRESENTATIONS IN CLASS | |
| T | 3/19 | lecture on construction kits, hand out short construction kit assignment | |
| R | 3/21 | tba | |
| T | 3/26 | spring break | |
| R | 3/28 | spring break | |
| T | 4/2 | construction kit reports/discussion | |
| R | 4/4 | PROJECT 2 SPECS DUE, DESIGN SYMPOSIUM | |
| T | 4/9 | topic tba | |
| R | 4/11 | topic tba | |
| T | 4/16 | topic tba | |
| R | 4/18 | lab work | |
| T | 4/23 | lab work | |
| R | 4/25 | lab work | |
| T | 4/30 | lab work | |
| R | 5/2 | lab work |