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)	–	–
	1-Oct	Wed	–	Lab: 3D Modeling Mechanical Assembly	–
6	6-Oct	Mon	HRI Principles	–	Breazeal, Designing sociable robots
	8-Oct	Wed	–	Lab: I2C + IMU	–
7	13-Oct	Mon	Fall Break	–	–
	15-Oct	Wed	–	Checkpoint 1: Project Proposal Presentations	Teams present embodiment + project idea
8	20-Oct	Mon	TA Extended Office Hour	–	–
	22-Oct	Wed	–	Lab: Simple HRI Demo	–
9	27-Oct	Mon	Learning in Embodied AI I	–	Sutton & Barto, selected sections
	29-Oct	Wed	–	Lab: ROS2 Node 2	–
10	3-Nov	Mon	Advanced Learning in Embodied AI II	–
	5-Nov	Wed	–	Lab: ROS2 3	python files (3+1)
11	10-Nov	Mon	User Studies in HRI I: Design + Running HRI Studies	–
	12-Nov	Wed	–	Checkpoint 2: Project Progress Presentations	Teams present video / live demo and plans moving forward
12	17-Nov	Mon	User Studies in HRI II	–
	19-Nov	Wed	–	Motor + Motion with Pi	–
13	24-Nov	Mon	World Model Hands-on Activity	–	Colab ipynb
	26-Nov	Wed	–	No Class (Thanksgiving)	–
14	1-Dec	Mon	User Studies in HRI III	–	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	–
	10-Dec	Wed	–	Final Capstone Presentations	Public showcase