| 1 |
What is Exercise? |
Lab - Tour of DAPER facilities as "incoming research/design collective"
Seminar - Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation on the history of exercise in Western civilization |
| 2 |
The Physical Intelligence Model |
Lab - Tooling: Using Theraband, students build machines designed to exercise key aspects of physical intelligence (e.g., the body's relation to gravity, whole body movement, the role of sense perception)
Seminar - Survey of exercise machines/devices past and present |
| 3 |
Visual and Kinesthetic Perception |
Lab - Subjective and Objective Experiences of the Body: Walking running, leaping, while blindfolded yields dramatic physical experiences
Seminar - Review of preliminary project proposals: concept drawings of three exercise machines/devices designed to cultivate physical intelligence |
| 4 |
Physical Thinking |
Lab - Thinking through the body for engineering insights: exploring our precognitive understanding of physical principles/properties (e.g., torsion, tension, weight, etc.)
Seminar - Brainstorming session on project sketch prototypes |
| 5 |
Orientation Strategies: Balancing |
Lab - Olympic Stumbling Competition: Playing the line between the maintenance and loss of balance as captured by high-speed video system. Best "compensatory dance" wins
Seminar - The motor system at work: strategies for balance; review of student prototypes |
| 6 |
Learning Movement |
Lab - Exploring unexplored movement: increasingly complex/unusual movements reveal the highly evolved process of feedback involved in physical learning
Seminar - Peer review of class projects with prepared questionnaire |
| 7 |
Designing Physical Intelligence |
Lab - Reworking traditional exercise machines for Physical Intelligence
Seminar - Review of critical module; progress reports on projects |
| 8 |
E-motion |
Lab - Walking a 4 inch beam 40 ft. in the air highlights the physical sensation of emotion and its effect on movement
Seminar - May exhibition planning |
| 9 |
Applying Physical Intelligence |
Lab - Fieldtrip to the MIT Museum: Attempts to build a running robot highlight key points of Physical Intelligence considered in past weeks
Seminar - Sketch design session for May exhibition posters |
| 10 |
Complex Coordination: Walking
Guest Speaker: Dr. Rob Playter, '90, Boston Dynamics Inc. "Physical Intelligence and the Design of Running Robots" |
Lab - High-speed video imaging explores bipedal locomotion and the spinal engine model
Seminar - Visit to the MIT Biomechatronics Lab for an on-site introduction to current projects (exoskeleton, "smart" prosthetics, etc.) |
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Final Project and Peer Poster Review |
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| 12 |
Overview and Summary |
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