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About the Course

Do you want to know how robots work? Are you interested in robotics as a career? Are you willing to invest the effort to learn fundamental mathematical modeling techniques that are used in all subfields of robotics? If so, then the "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control" specialization may be for you. This specialization, consisting of six short courses, is serious preparation for serious students who hope to work in the field of robotics or to undertake advanced study. It is not a sampler. In Course 1 of the specialization, Foundations of Robot Motion, you will learn fundamental material regarding robot configurations, for both serial robot mechanisms and robots with closed chains. You will learn about configuration space (C-space), degrees of freedom, C-space topology, implicit and explicit representations of configurations, and holonomic and nonholonomic constraints. You will also learn how to represent spatial velocities and forces as twists and wrenches. This material is at the core of the study of anything that moves (e.g., robots). This course follows the textbook "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control" (Lynch and Park, Cambridge University Press 2017). You can purchase the book or use the free preprint pdf. You will build on a library of robotics software in the language of your choice (among Python, Mathematica, and MATLAB) and use the free cross-platform robot simulator V-REP, which allows you to work with state-of-the-art robots in the comfort of your own home and with zero financial investment....

Top reviews

WO

Dec 29, 2021

Very Engineering driven course and you better be ready for the calculations... Made for Engineers.

Coming from an Electrical/Electronic background it was really intuitive. I plan on continuing...

EH

Oct 12, 2022

Great Course. But you need to read the book very carefully and with great focus to understand all the concepts and you should be familiar with Linear Algebra especially vectors and matrices.

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By 상태변화

Dec 13, 2022

Very good!. i'm so grateful to professor.

i can learn better method,exponentail coordinate representation of rigid body.

By ANSHAY A

Nov 9, 2020

This course would be perfect if only they could improve forum discussions and response. Everything else was wonderful.

By Eduardo L

Jul 28, 2020

Great course, really informative. Great as a basis for robotics. The course material is very complete and informative.

By Willian C

Nov 11, 2019

Pienso que este curso es muy acertivo en cuestiones de enseñanza básica...... en lo personal me ha servido mucho.

By Dhrumil P

May 28, 2020

The best part was conceptual questions after every video which made sure that we understood each part properly.

By fayyaz p

Jan 10, 2020

A good course to understand the fundamentals of robotics which involves transformations, Twist , Wrenches etc.

By SAQIB A M

Apr 11, 2020

It was nicely designed. I did not found any difficulty. I learned a lot and got the certificate before time.

By Muhammad R I

Nov 5, 2021

Although this course is really make you sweat, this course is provide you enjoyment in robotics journey

By ayovuata o m

Jul 22, 2020

I had a nice learning section with Professor Kelvin Lynch and my course mate as well... Thanks Prof.

By Kamaldeen A

Jul 18, 2020

The course content is quite challenging but the professor made it considerably easier to understand.

By DANIEL F M

Nov 19, 2021

Curso muy completo en lo fundamental para poder entender y modelar sistemas robóticos, recomendado!

By Sourav M

Oct 28, 2019

Great Course. The material in the book is simple to follow and covers the fundamentals rigorously.

By Jui K

Jun 6, 2020

The course is amazing. The explanation, method of teaching, clearing of basic concepts was great.

By Freddy G G

May 10, 2021

Awesome, if you are studying Engineering there is so much potential in the things learned here.

By مهارات ث و إ

Jun 19, 2020

I was subjected to very difficult conditions, and I cannot complete the course while I am sorry

By Igor d C C

Sep 28, 2019

Was a good in-depth introduction to the field of robotics. Looking forward for the next courses

By Roberto N S

Feb 21, 2023

Awesome organization and summarizing difficult topics in just few short videos. Excellent!

By Mustafa C S

Jun 12, 2022

I have learned with this course, how a point show in space. It is important for Robotics .

By Agajan T

Mar 12, 2021

Very good course with the necessary technical details. The content quality is perfect.

By Joris

Mar 14, 2024

loved it, mainly the fact that this is a 'proper' course for scientists, not managers

By Dmitry P

Dec 21, 2019

The course is really great structured, i ll continue the study with much joy. Thanks!

By Rahardi K

Dec 29, 2023

Gives you a solid understanding in designing a robot manipulator, very heavy in math

By Raghavendra G

Oct 31, 2020

The exercises were challenging and the course content is pretty good and methodical.

By Ashutosh K S

Jun 17, 2022

Super great course!

If you are really involved, you are benifited more than 100% !

By Ishan K

May 19, 2020

extremely concise videos with great coverage of material through well-made quizzes