I haven't completed the 2005 schedule yet. Here's an old one:

Day Date Title Topics Readings
M 1/13/02 Goals and philosophy 1 Introduction. Grading; projects; philosophy; example. Chapter 1
W 1/15/02 Kinematic foundations 2 Kinematics. Foundations and definitions. First theorems. Projective plane. 2.1, Appendix A
M 1/20/02 (Holiday)
W 1/22/02 Planar kinematics 3 Planar kinematics. Centrodes. 2.2
M 1/27/02 Spatial kinematics. Constraint. 4 Spherical and spatial kinematics. Screws. Kinematic constraints. 2.3 - 2.5
W 1/29/02 Frobenius and Reuleaux 5 Nonholonomic constraint. Frobenius's theorem. Reuleaux's method. 2.5, 2.6
M 2/3/02 Representing rotation 6 Axis angle. Rodrigues's theorem. Rotation matrices. Euler angles. 3.1
W 2/5/02 Quaternions 7 Quaternions and unit quaternions. Topology of SO3. 3.1
M 2/10/02 Representing displacements 8 Plucker and screw coordinates. Virtual product. 3.2
W 2/12/02 Representing constraints 9 Screw coordinates and kinematic constraints. 3.3
M 2/17/02 Path planning 10 Cspace transform. Best First Planner and Non Holo Planner. 4.1, 4.2
W 2/19/02 Kinematic models of contact 11 Grubler's formula. Salisbury's taxonomy of contacts. 2.6, 4.3
M 2/24/02 Foundations of statics 12 Equivalence theorems. Line of action. Poinsot's theorem. Wrenches. 5.1
W 2/26/02 Cones 13 Polyhedral convex cones, supplementary cones, cones in wrench and twist space 5.2 - 5.4
M 3/3/02 The oriented plane 14 The oriented plane. A foundation for Reuleaux's method. 5.5, 5.6
W 3/5/02 Moment labeling 15 The oriented plane applied to statics: moment labelling. 5.7
M 3/10/02 Friction 16 Coulomb's law. The friction cone. Planar single contact. Graphical analysis. 6.1 - 6.5
W 3/12/02 Planar sliding 17 Force and torque of planar sliding. The limit surface. The maximum power inequality. 6.6
M 3/17/02 Force dual 18 An alternative graphical method. Projecting PCCs to oriented plane. Working in the ambient space. 5.8
W 3/19/02 Wrapup of graphical methods. 19 Wrapup of graphical methods. Duality. Arrangements in the oriented plane yielding closure. 5.8, 5.9, 6.4, 6.5
M 3/24/02 (spring break)
W 3/26/02 (spring break)
M 3/31/02 Quasistatic manipulation. 20 Force and form closure. Equilibrium and stability. Grasping and fixture planning. 7.1
W 4/2/02 Pushing 21 Motivation. Voting theorem. 7.2
M 4/7/02 Parts orienting 22 Manufacturing. Radius function and push function. Symmetry. Modeling uncertainty. Planning. 7.4
W 4/9/02 Assembly 23 Sequences. Wedging and jamming. Compliance, motion planning. 7.5
M 4/14/02 Rigid body dynamics 24 Newton's laws. Momentum. Moment of momentum. Inertia tensor. Poinsot's construction. 8.1 - 8.7
W 4/16/02 Tumbling 25 Inertia tensor.
M 4/21/02 Dynamics and sliding 26 Sliding rod. Indeterminacy and inconsistency. Multiple frictional contact in the plane. 8.8 - 8.10
W 4/23/02 Impact 27 Newtonian and Poisson restitution. Impulse space. The sliding rod problem revisited. Chapter 9
M 4/28/02 Tray tilting 28 Parts orienting by tray tilting. Modeling action, uncertainty. Automatic planning. 10.1
W 4/30/02 Juggling 29 Juggling and final review. 10.2 - 10.4