Weekly Breakdown: Your 13-Week Journey

This chapter provides a structured, week-by-week guide to the "Physical AI & Humanoid Robotics" course. Following this schedule will help you stay on track, understand the connections between different topics, and successfully complete the course.

Week	Topic	Chapters to Read	Key Learning Objectives	Exercises
1	Introduction to Physical AI & Robotics	Preface, Introduction	Understand the course scope; set up your development environment.	Follow the Lab Setup Guide.
2	ROS 2 Fundamentals	Module 1 - ROS 2 Fundamentals	Understand nodes, topics, services, and actions; create a simple publisher/subscriber system.	Complete the hands-on exercises in the ROS 2 chapter.
3	Simulation for Robotics	Module 2 - Gazebo & Unity Simulation	Understand the importance of simulation; create simple worlds in Gazebo and Unity.	Complete the hands-on exercises in the simulation chapter.
4	Advanced Simulation & ROS 2 Integration	Module 2 - Gazebo & Unity Simulation	Bridge Gazebo and Unity with ROS 2; control a simulated robot from ROS 2.	Complete the ROS 2 integration exercises.
5	The NVIDIA Isaac Platform	Module 3 - NVIDIA Isaac Platform	Understand Isaac Sim, Isaac ROS, and Isaac Gym.	Run a demo in Isaac Sim.
6	High-Performance Perception	Module 3 - NVIDIA Isaac Platform	Understand the benefits of hardware acceleration for perception.	Explore an Isaac ROS perception package.
7	Midterm Assessment	Assessments	Apply knowledge from the first half of the course to a small project.	Midterm project.
8	Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Systems	Module 4 - Vision-Language-Action Systems	Understand the architecture and significance of VLAs.	Conceptual exercises on VLA capabilities.
9	Introduction to the Capstone Project	Capstone Project	Understand the goals and requirements of the "Autonomous Humanoid" project.	Begin setting up the capstone project environment.
10	Capstone Project - Perception	Capstone Project	Implement the perception system for the humanoid using ROS 2 and possibly Isaac ROS.	Capstone project work.
11	Capstone Project - Control	Capstone Project	Implement the control system for the humanoid's joints to achieve simple motions.	Capstone project work.
12	Capstone Project - Integration & Testing	Capstone Project	Integrate perception and control into a complete system that can perceive its environment and act.	Capstone project work.
13	Final Project Presentations	Capstone Project	Demonstrate the completed capstone project.	Final presentations.