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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

RY

Dec 19, 2021

This course really challenges you and is a nice introduction to certain software often used in robotics. Project isn't too difficult and is doable.

KS

Mar 4, 2023

THe course could use more problem solving exemples and there is some information you have to figure out on your own. But overall very interesting.

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By Majid A

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May 25, 2019

That's a great course. Thank you coursera.

By Gunasekaran S

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Aug 6, 2019

Assignment can be little more difficult.

By Jorge R H P

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Dec 15, 2023

Excellent course, It is easy to follow.

By Carlos S V A

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Oct 10, 2023

Excelent course with clear explanations

By Bijan s

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Oct 3, 2021

it is verry usefull course for fresheer

By Souraprava D

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Oct 17, 2024

It is a very carrer oriented course .

By Aditya V

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Apr 27, 2020

All concepts are very well explained

By Aki N

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Dec 16, 2019

Great material and clear lectures

By Sanshodhan

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Apr 15, 2020

Very Good and a bit tough course

By Leandro M

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Aug 28, 2018

Exciting and very useful course.

By Bruno C F

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Apr 1, 2020

thanks for this great course !

By Shawn J D

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Oct 22, 2018

Lovely course. Really helpful

By Thilina W

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Nov 29, 2019

Great well-structured Course

By V R T

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May 29, 2022

Really helpful and didatic

By Mukesh G

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Dec 23, 2020

Basic course for robotics

By ngabonziza b

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Jan 30, 2021

this course was awesome

By Abhinav R

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Jan 21, 2020

Superbly Informative.

By Shubham T

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Apr 29, 2020

Well planned course.

By Darkhan M

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Oct 10, 2021

Everything is clear

By LI Z

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Aug 13, 2021

really nice course

By Moh I

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Dec 4, 2022

Very useful course

By Mohammed A A K

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Sep 11, 2021

lots of Math .....

By Mrityunjay S

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May 21, 2021

Very Knowledgeble

By KUNAL D

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Aug 16, 2020

Eexcellent course

By Betelihem M

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Oct 19, 2022

Thanks a lot !