Week	Date	Day	Topic / Lecture	Lab / Checkpoint	Readings / Assignments
1	3-Sep	Wed	Course Intro	–	–
2	8-Sep	Mon	Embodiment & Sensors	–	Pfeifer & Bongard, How the body shapes the way we think
	10-Sep	Wed	–	Lab: Pi Basics + GPIO + LEDs	Lab assignment 1
3	15-Sep	Mon	Acting in the world	–	–
	17-Sep	Wed	–	Lab: 3D Modeling Basics	Lab assignment 2
4	22-Sep	Mon	Kinematics & Control I	–	–
	24-Sep	Wed	–	Lab: servo + PWM	Lab assignment 3
5	29-Sep	Mon	TA Lecture: ROS Basics (conceptual)	–	Demo: ROS node on Pi
	1-Oct	Wed	–	Lab: ROS on Pi (publish/subscribe, sensor topics)	–
6	6-Oct	Mon	Interaction Design & HRI Principles	–	Breazeal, Designing sociable robots
	8-Oct	Wed	–	Lab: Human Detection (face/body tracking)	–
7	13-Oct	Mon	Fall Break	–	–
	15-Oct	Wed	–	Checkpoint 1: Project Proposal Presentations	Teams present embodiment + project idea
8	20-Oct	Mon	TA Lecture: Speech & Gesture APIs	–	–
	22-Oct	Wed	–	Lab: Simple HRI Demo (Multimodal “Hello Robot”)	–
9	27-Oct	Mon	Learning in Embodied AI I	–	Sutton & Barto, selected sections
	29-Oct	Wed	–	Lab: Learning Demo in ROS2	–
10	3-Nov	Mon	Advanced Learning in Embodied AI II	–	Ethics papers
	5-Nov	Wed	–	Checkpoint 2: Midterm Project Presentations	Demo prototype progress
11	10-Nov	Mon	User Studies in HRI I: Design & Methods	–	–
	12-Nov	Wed	–	Lab: Mock User Study (mini study with peers)	–
12	17-Nov	Mon	User Studies in HRI II: Analysis & Evaluation	–	Bayesian filters & evaluation methods
	19-Nov	Wed	–	Lab: Data Collection & Analysis Practice	Expressive HRI or simple swarm/affective response
13	24-Nov	Mon	Probabilistic Robotics & Uncertainty	–	Teams refine body, expressive/creative features
	26-Nov	Wed	–	No Class (Thanksgiving)	–
14	1-Dec	Mon	Ethics in Embodiment & HRI	–	Guest lecture / cutting-edge HRI research
	3-Dec	Wed	–	Lab: Final Project Support	TA-guided troubleshooting & polish
15	8-Dec	Mon	The Future of Embodied AI & HRI	Public showcase
	10-Dec	Wed	–	Final Capstone Presentations	Public showcase