Robotics Courses and Certifications

Building a Future with Robots

69 reviews

Explore the role of robots and autonomous systems in the factories, homes, hospitals, schools and cars of our near future.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Artificial Intelligence for Robotics

24 reviews

Learn how to program all the major systems of a robotic car. Topics include planning, search, localization, tracking, and control.

• Udacity
• 8 weeks
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Robotics

19 reviews

Introduction to Robotics (CS223A) covers topics such as Spatial Descriptions, Forward Kinematics, Inverse Kinematics, Jacobians, Dynamics, Motion Planning and Trajectory Generation, Position and Force Control, and Manipulator Design.

• YouTube
• 19 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CS 8802, Artificial Intelligence for Robotics: Programming a Robotic Car

2 reviews

Learn to program robotic car systems using AI methods like probabilistic inference, planning, localization, and control. Apply these techniques through hands-on programming assignments culminating in chasing a runaway robot.

• Udacity
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots

9 reviews

You will learn how to infer the position of the quadrotor from its sensor readings and how to navigate it along a trajectory.

• edX
• 4 weeks
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Begin Robotics

9 reviews

Explore the history, anatomy and intelligence of robots with this free online course. Test drive robots using exciting simulations

• FutureLearn
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Robotics Foundations I - Robot Modeling

7 reviews

This course explores the robotics foundations for modelling of robot manipulators.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 8-10 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Stanford Seminar - The Next Generation of Robot Learning

4 reviews

Exploring advanced robot learning techniques for generalization across tasks, environments, and platforms, addressing challenges and proposing innovative approaches to data utilization and algorithm design.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

From the Surface of Mars to the Ocean of Enceladus - EELS Robot and Risk-Aware Adaptive Autonomy

1 review

Exploring extreme environments with EELS robot: From Mars rovers to searching for alien life in Enceladus' ocean using risk-aware adaptive autonomy and versatile robotic hardware.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Microcredential

Robotics Software Engineer

6 reviews

Fuse computer vision, machine learning, mechanics, and hardware systems to build advanced robots. Learn simulation, ROS, localization, mapping, SLAM, and navigation for autonomous systems.

• Udacity
• 4 months 17 hours 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Stanford Seminar - Micro but Mighty- Microbots in a Macro World

Explore the world of microbots inspired by ants, capable of moving objects 2000 times their size. Learn about controllable adhesives, actuator choices, and team behaviors in microrobotics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Interactive Autonomy - A Human-Centered Approach for Safe Interactions

Explore interactive autonomy for safe human-robot collaboration, focusing on algorithms that influence human behavior and efficient active learning methods to model human preferences.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Stanford Seminar - Deploying Autonomous Service Mobile Robots, and Keeping Them Autonomous

Explore challenges and solutions in deploying autonomous mobile robots in dynamic environments, covering robustness, failure anticipation, and efficient adaptation to user needs through advanced perception and learning techniques.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Stanford Seminar - Robot Manipulation in the Logistics Industry

Exploring challenges and advancements in robot manipulation for logistics, including intelligent systems handling diverse objects, integrating with existing workflows, and operating safely alongside humans.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Considerations for Human-Robot Collaboration

Explore the future of human-robot collaboration, focusing on effective teamwork, contextual understanding, and the unique challenges of integrating robots into human-configured environments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video