“…The class begins with a survey-style introduction to the history of musical robotics and interactive electromechanical sculpture (Kaneda et al 1999;Singer et al 2004;Solis et al 2004;Weinberg, Driscoll, and Thatcher 2006;MacMurtrie 2010;Raes 2010;Focke 2011). After the first month, students begin shop training and are presented with basic engineering concepts through the fabrication of small, nonfunctional prototypes of actuator assemblies.…”