![Three images, one of the completed robot with light-tracking head, and close-ups of the breadboard and Lego head. Three images, one of the completed robot with light-tracking head, and close-ups of the breadboard and Lego head.](/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-01sc-introduction-to-electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-i-spring-2011/6-01scs11.jpg)
In the Circuits unit, students build a robot head that tracks the light. (Photographs by the course instructors.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Leslie Kaelbling
Prof. Jacob White
Prof. Harold Abelson
Prof. Dennis Freeman
Prof. Tomás Lozano-Pérez
Prof. Isaac Chuang
Level
Undergraduate
OCW Scholar courses are designed specifically for OCW's single largest audience: independent learners. These courses are substantially more complete than typical OCW courses, and include new custom-created content as well as materials repurposed from previously published courses. Click here for a complete list of OCW Scholar courses.
Course Description
Course Features
- Video lectures
- Captions/transcript
- Online textbooks
- Lecture notes
- Assignments: problem sets (no solutions)
- Exams and solutions
- Recitation videos
- Resource Index
Educator Features
Course Description
This course provides an integrated introduction to electrical engineering and computer science, taught using substantial laboratory experiments with mobile robots. Our primary goal is for you to learn to appreciate and use the fundamental design principles of modularity and abstraction in a variety of contexts from electrical engineering and computer science.
Our second goal is to show you that making mathematical models of real systems can help in the design and analysis of those systems. Finally, we have the more typical goals of teaching exciting and important basic material from electrical engineering and computer science, including modern software engineering, linear systems analysis, electronic circuits, and decision-making.
Course Format
This course has been designed for independent study. It includes all of the materials you will need to understand the concepts covered in this subject. The materials in this course include:
- Lecture videos from Spring 2011, taught by Prof. Dennis Freeman
- Recitation videos, developed for OCW Scholar by teaching assistant Kendra Pugh
- Course notes
- Software and design labs
- Homework assignments and additional exercises
- Nano-quizzes and exams with solutions
Content Development
Leslie Kaelbling
Jacob White
Harold Abelson
Dennis Freeman
Tomás Lozano-Pérez
Isaac Chuang