Modern Robotics - Mechanics, Planning, and Control, Short Course | Part time online | Coursera | United States
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This Modern Robotics - Mechanics, Planning, and Control Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Northwestern University provides a rigorous treatment of spatial motion and the dynamics of rigid bodies, employing representations from modern screw theory and the product of exponentials formula.  

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Overview

 Students in this Modern Robotics - Mechanics, Planning, and Control Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Northwestern University with a freshman-level engineering background will quickly learn to apply these tools to analysis, planning, and control of robot motion.  Students' understanding of the mathematics of robotics will be solidified by writing robotics software.  

Students will test their software on a free state-of-the-art cross-platform robot simulator, allowing each student to have an authentic robot programming experience with industrial robot manipulators and mobile robots without purchasing expensive robot hardware.  It is highly recommended that Courses 1-6 of the Specialization are taken in order, since the material builds on itself.

Applied Learning Project

In the projects, students build on provided free software, written in multiple languages, allowing each student to choose their favorite language.  Projects include writing a simulator for a robot arm, writing a robot motion planner, and writing software for trajectory planning and feedback control of a mobile manipulator consisting of a wheeled mobile robot and a robot arm.  All software is tested on the robot simulator.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

  • Modern Robotics, Course: Robot Motion
  • Modern Robotics, Course: Robot Kinematics
  • Modern Robotics, Course: Robot Dynamics
  • Modern Robotics, Course: Robot Motion Planning and Control
  • Modern Robotics, Course: Robot Manipulation and Wheeled Mobile Robots
  • Modern Robotics, Course: Capstone Project, Mobile Manipulation

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 4 months
    • 10 hrs/week

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online
  • Self-paced

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Intermediate Level

  • Some related experience required.

Tuition Fee

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Funding

Coursera provides financial aid to learners who cannot afford the fee. Apply for it by clicking on the Financial Aid link beneath the "Enroll" button on the left. You'll be prompted to complete an application and will be notified if you are approved. You'll need to complete this step for each course in the Specialization, including the Capstone Project.

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