Building a Future with Robots

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Free Online Course: Building a Future with Robots provided by FutureLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 3 weeks long, 3 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from FutureLearn. Building a Future with Robots is taught by Sandor Veres.

Overview
  • Discover how robots will change every aspect of our lives in the future

    “Robots and autonomous systems are set to change our lives in the not-too-distant future; from travel (self-driving cars), to work (job automation), to medicine (biomedical robots), and even domestic life (household robots).

    On this course, we’ll look at current and future developments in the field of robotics. You’ll learn how robots sense the world around them, how robotics takes inspiration from nature, and how robots will work with humans.

    You’ll build up a picture of the principles and the fundamental challenges of robotic design, and demonstrate how research is working to overcome these.

    This course is designed for anyone interested in learning about the role that will be played by robots in the future.

    It will be of particular interest to aspiring mechanical, automotive, and robotics engineers, product designers, technicians, and enthusiasts who are keen to explore the role of robots in our everyday, economic, and industrial futures.

Syllabus
    • Sensing the world
      • Welcome to the course
      • Interpreting the environment
      • Building autonomous robots
      • Making responsible decisions
      • The future with robots that can sense
    • Learning from nature
      • Welcome to Week 2
      • Understanding nature
      • Modelling animal behaviour
      • Using mind control
      • The challenges of using mind control
      • The future of learning from nature
    • Working in teams
      • Welcome to Week 3
      • Interacting in teams
      • The future for robot teams
      • Preparing for a future with robots
      • Final steps