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.

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Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control Specialization
The most important concepts in modern robotics. A study of the kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, and control of mobile robots and robot arms.

Instructor: Kevin Lynch
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- Mechanics
- Engineering Calculations
- Mathematical Modeling
- Control Systems
- Computational Logic
- Engineering Analysis
- Engineering
- Machine Controls
- Numerical Analysis
- Mechanical Engineering
- Virtual Environment
- Automation
- Simulation and Simulation Software
- Vibrations
- Torque (Physics)
- Automation Engineering
- Robotic Process Automation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Applied Mathematics
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Each of the six courses is scheduled for 4 weeks, with a typical week requiring approximately 5 hours of work (reading, videos, quizzes, and projects). If you work steadily, you should be able to complete the Specialization in 24 weeks, with a total of approximately 120 hours of work.
This specialization is designed to be accessible to students who have taken typical college first-year (freshman) engineering courses. The student should have an understanding of:
Freshman-level physics, including f = ma; masses, springs, and dampers; vector forces; and vector torques (or moments) as the cross product of a distance vector and a force;
Linear algebra, including matrix operations, positive definiteness of a matrix, determinants, complex numbers, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors;
Some calculus, derivatives, and partial derivatives;
Basic linear ordinary differential equations; and
A little bit of programming experience.
It is highly recommended you follow the courses in the specified order, since the material builds on itself throughout the Specialization.
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