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Build Your First Robot with AI : Foundations of Robotics

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Build Your First Robot with AI : Foundations of Robotics

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4 hours to complete
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Understand how robotic systems work sensors, actuators, and controllers and how they combine into autonomous behavior.

  • Build and program Arduino-based robotic projects from scratch, from wiring circuits to uploading and debugging code.

  • Apply decision-making logic (if-else, threshold-based, state machines) to create autonomous robot behavior

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August 2026

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Taught in English

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There are 2 modules in this course

In this module, you'll build the core foundations of robotics by exploring how robots sense, think, and act. You'll set up the Arduino Uno, learn essential electronics for wiring components safely, and connect sensors and motors that let your robot perceive and move in the physical world. By the end, you'll assemble and program a basic sensor-driven robot that reacts to obstacles, giving you a hands-on introduction to autonomous behavior and the excitement of combining hardware and code.

What's included

8 videos2 assignments

In this module, you'll advance from simple reactive robots to intelligent systems that make smoother, adaptive decisions. You'll build an obstacle-avoiding robot that scans its environment and chooses paths using state-machine logic, then create a line-following robot that uses continuous feedback and proportional control to stay on course. Along the way, you'll connect beginner-friendly Arduino projects to broader AI robotics ideas like fuzzy logic, adaptive behavior, computer vision, SLAM, ROS, and machine learning.

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6 videos2 assignments

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