Robotics: Kinematics and Mathematical Foundations

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Free Online Course: Robotics: Kinematics and Mathematical Foundations provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 12 weeks long, 8-10 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Robotics: Kinematics and Mathematical Foundations is taught by Camillo J. Taylor and Mark Yim.

Overview
  • Welcome to the first course in the Robotics MicroMasters series. This is an advanced course designed for learners who have a bachelor's degree in engineering or a similar field.

    Learners will succeed in this course if they have familiarity with basic operations on matrices and vectors, as well as exposure to derivatives and partial derivatives.

    The fundamental challenge this course addresses is how one can create robots that operate well in the real world.

Syllabus
  • Math Fundamentals
    Week 1: Vector spaces, inner products, vector norms, orthogonality
    Week 2: Linear transformations, matrix multiplication, matrix groups
    Week 3: Coordinate transformations, rigid transformations, rotation matrices quaternions, Matrix groups SE(2) and SE(3)
    Week 4: Project

    Robot Kinematics
    Week 5: Kinematic chains, forward kinematics,
    Week 6: Inverse kinematics
    Week 7: Parallel mechanisms
    Week 8: Project

    _ Kinematic Path Planning _
    Week 9: Graph based methods, Dijkstra’s method, A*Star
    Week 10: RRT, configuration space
    Week 11: Artificial potential fields
    Week 12: Project