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 | 10/09/2025 | Introduction to the course project & Product Design | Lecture | |
| Week 2 | 17/09/2025 | Design ideation & methodologies, core parts | Lecture + SPOT Tour | |
| Week 3 | 24/09/2025 | Product architectures & project management | Lecture | **CAD** |
| (Catia + Fusion) | ||||
| Week 4 | 01/10/2025 | Design Pitch & Review with Tas | Review session in SPOT | |
| Week 5 | 08/10/2025 | Mechanical Design | Lecture | |
| Week 6 | 15/10/2025 | Control and integration | Lecture | |
| Week 7 | 22/10/2025 | Break | ||
| Week 8 | 29/10/2025 | 2nd Design Review with TAs | Review session in SPOT | |
| Week 9 | 05/11/2025 | Electronics & prototyping | Lecture | |
| Week 10 | 12/11/2025 | Engineering Drawings | Lecture | |
| Week 11 | 19/11/2025 | Design for Manufacture, Sustainability | Lecture | |
| Week 12 | 26/11/2025 | 3rd Design Review with TAs | Review session in SPOT | |
| Week 13 | 03/12/2025 | Introduction to the robot arm | SPOT | |
| Week 14 | 10/12/2025 | Preparation and testing (competition for anyone wanting to go early) | SPOT | |
| Week 15 | 17/12/2025 | Final Testing/Competition | SPOT |
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.
Join in the SPOT!
| Time | Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 | Table 4 | Table 5 | Table 6 | Table 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:20 | Group 43 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 |
| 8:40 | Group 8 | Group 9 | Group 10 | Group 11 | Group 12 | Group 13 | Group 14 |
| 9:00 | Group 15 | Group 17 | Group 18 | Group 19 | Group 20 | Group 21 | |
| 9:20 | Group 22 | Group 23 | Group 24 | Group 25 | Group 26 | Group 27 | Group 28 |
| 9:40 | Group 29 | Group 30 | Group 31 | Group 32 | Group 33 | Group 34 | Group 35 |
| 10:00 | Group 36 | Group 37 | Group 38 | Group 39 | Group 40 | Group 41 | Group 42 |
| 10:20 | Group 16 | Group 44 | Group 45 | Group 46 | Group 47 | Group 48 | Group 49 |
| 10:40 | Group 50 | Group 51 | Group 1 | ||||
Starting from FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19th
These will be held in: ME B1 10 (map here)