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Northwestern University

Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control

Northwestern University via Coursera Specialization

Overview

This Specialization 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. Students 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.

Syllabus

Course 1: Modern Robotics, Course 1: Foundations of Robot Motion
- Offered by Northwestern University. Do you want to know how robots work? Are you interested in robotics as a career? Are you willing to ... Enroll for free.

Course 2: Modern Robotics, Course 2: Robot Kinematics
- Offered by Northwestern University. Do you want to know how robots work? Are you interested in robotics as a career? Are you willing to ... Enroll for free.

Course 3: Modern Robotics, Course 3: Robot Dynamics
- Offered by Northwestern University. Do you want to know how robots work? Are you interested in robotics as a career? Are you willing to ... Enroll for free.

Course 4: Modern Robotics, Course 4: Robot Motion Planning and Control
- Offered by Northwestern University. Do you want to know how robots work? Are you interested in robotics as a career? Are you willing to ... Enroll for free.

Course 5: Modern Robotics, Course 5: Robot Manipulation and Wheeled Mobile Robots
- Offered by Northwestern University. Do you want to know how robots work? Are you interested in robotics as a career? Are you willing to ... Enroll for free.

Course 6: Modern Robotics, Course 6: Capstone Project, Mobile Manipulation
- Offered by Northwestern University. The capstone project of the Modern Robotics specialization is on mobile manipulation: simultaneously ... Enroll for free.

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Kevin Lynch

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