Modern Robotics, Course 5
Robot Manipulation and Wheeled Mobile Robots
Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control,
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 5 of the specialization, Robot Motion Planning and Wheeled Mobile Robots, we delve into advanced topics in robotics. Chapter 12, Grasping and Manipulation, of the "Modern Robotics" textbook covers the modeling of kinematics and forces between rigid bodies in contact, and applies the modeling to analysis and planning of robot grasping and other manipulation tasks. Chapter 13, Wheeled Mobile Robots, covers modeling, motion planning, and feedback control of omnidirectional and nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots, and concludes by addressing control of mobile manipulators consisting of a wheeled mobile base and a robot arm. 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.
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| Rating | 4.8★ based on 5 ratings |
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| Length | 5 weeks |
| Effort | This course requires 4 weeks of study of approximately 5 hours/week. |
| Starts | Jun 26 (44 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $79 |
| From | Northwestern University via Coursera |
| Instructor | Kevin Lynch |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming Engineering |
| Tags | Computer Science Software Development Physical Science And Engineering Mechanical Engineering |
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The entire specialization was rock solid and develops a strong foundation for further explorations.
practice with lie-groups robotics
It's unnecessary to do the previous courses to do this one if you already have some practice with lie-groups robotics but it's often times not the case.I recommend not to use their library at all and code your own code so that you learn more and get more out of the course.
peer-reviewed assignments may take
Has quizzes and programming assignments which have multiple languages supported.Minus: The peer-reviewed assignments may take a long time to get graded due to small number of students.
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Also, the small number of students makes it almost impossible to get any help regarding the material.
makes it almost impossible
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Another very meaty course in this series.
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I think they should be automatically evaluated with a set of unit tests.
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The peer-graded assignments are the only big drawback.
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It's on the difficult side of the Coursera courses, but if you have engineering-level maths it shouldn't be a big deal.
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MOBILE EXAMINER $58k
Specialty Wheeled Vehicle (SWV) $60k
Sales Administrator, Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Contractor 1 $74k
Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic 2 $75k
Mobile Electrode Engineer $101k
Mobile IA Engineer $110k
Senior Sales Administrator, Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Contractor $111k
Mobile Developer 3 $115k
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| Rating | 4.8★ based on 5 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 5 weeks |
| Effort | This course requires 4 weeks of study of approximately 5 hours/week. |
| Starts | Jun 26 (44 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $79 |
| From | Northwestern University via Coursera |
| Instructor | Kevin Lynch |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming Engineering |
| Tags | Computer Science Software Development Physical Science And Engineering Mechanical Engineering |
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