The following provides a schedule for the course. This may be changes or updates as the course develops.

Week Date Topic Location Mini-Training Sessions (10:-11)
Week 1 9/09/2026 • 8:15 - 10:00 Introduction to the course & project
• 10-11 SPOT tour (in two groups) Lecture + SPOT Tour
Week 2 16/09/2026 Lecture: Design ideation & methodologies, core parts given out Lecture **CAD**
(Catia + Fusion)
Week 3 23/09/2026 Lecture: Mechanical Design, Control and integration, Electronics and protoyping, engienering drawings Lecture
Week 4* 30/9/2026 Design Pitch & Review with TA’s in the SPOT Review session in SPOT
Week 5 07/10/2026 Lecture: Product architectures & project management
Design for Manufacture, Sustainability Lecture
Week 6 14/10/2026 GROUPS A: TA Checkin SPOT
Week 7 21/10/2026 Break
Week 8 28/10/2026 GROUPS B: TA Checkin Review session in SPOT
Week 9 04/11/2026 GROUPS A: TA Checkin SPOT
Week 10 11/11/2026 GROUPS B: TA Checkin SPOT
Week 11 18/11/2026 GROUPS A: TA Checkin SPOT
Week 12 25/11/2026 Competition Recap/final Q&A Review session in SPOT
Week 13 02/12/2026 GROUPS B: TA Checkin SPOT
Week 14 9/12/2026 Support and testing in SPOT SPOT
Week 15 16/12/2026 Final Testing/Competition [SCHEDULE HERE] SPOT

Design Review Session

Time Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Table 6 Table 7
8:30 – 8:50 Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7
8:50 – 9:10 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Group 11 Group 12 Group 13 Group 14
9:10 – 9:30 Group 15 Group 16 Group 17 Group 18 Group 19 Group 20 Group 21
9:30 – 9:50 Group 22 Group 23 Group 24 Group 25 Group 26 Group 27 Group 28
9:50 – 10:10 Group 29 Group 30 Group 31 Group 32 Group 33 Group 34 Group 35
10:10 – 10:30 Group 36 Group 37 Group 38 Group 39 Group 40 Group 41 Group 42
10:30 – 10:50 Group 43 Group 44 Group 45 Group 46 Group 47 Group 48 —
Haewon
Yugo Benhui
Robin Lorenzo Juliette Guanran Sudong

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Test Setup Practise Booking Sheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10BnjMD-3iLzjc1Ts-uBNUTQF2qvsR37tM9Wn1ky9-oc/edit?usp=sharing

Final Competition (17th December)

Please find the schedule here.

Training Sessions

For 3D Printing/laser cutting these are available through the SPOT Directly: https://make.epfl.ch/trainings

During the 10-11 Sessions there are other mini-training sessions and recaps you can sign up for. Do this in the column on the right of the schedule.

Weekly Drop in Sessions

Starting from FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19th

These will be held in: ME B1 10 (map here)