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About the Course

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 2 of the specialization, Robot Kinematics, you will learn to solve the forward kinematics (calculating the configuration of the "hand" of the robot based on the joint values) using the product-of-exponentials formula. Your efforts in Course 1 pay off handsomely, as forward kinematics is a breeze with the tools you've learned. This is followed by velocity kinematics and statics relating joint velocities and forces/torques to end-effector twists and wrenches, inverse kinematics (calculating joint values that achieve a desired "hand" configuration), and kinematics of robots with closed chains. 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....

Top reviews

SS

Sep 30, 2018

It is a great start for learning kinematics of open chain robots, i wish i could learn ore about the closed chain robots too, but they have given the boost, now its your turn to learn more and more

RM

Jul 7, 2020

This was very challenging course if you are not already familiar with things like Jacobians and eigenvectors. Thankfully the lectures were great in helping me understand the gaps in my knowledge.

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By John M

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Dec 10, 2018

More difficult that most Coursera offerings. Lots and lots of glorious math!

I really enjoyed it.

By Iftekher A K

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May 9, 2023

Excellent course . The programming assignment helps to understand the theory at full scope.

By Sandun R

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Mar 21, 2021

A very good course and I am recommending this for everyone. The lectures were little fast.

By Esmaeel H

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Nov 17, 2022

Great Course. You need to read the related chapters with great focus to pass the course.

By abdullah h a

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Mar 24, 2019

I just wanna say thank for the smooth and clear explanation

THANKs THANKs THANKs <3

By Wolfgang R

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May 18, 2020

Good course, interesting Topics, challenging excercises but also rewarding to solve

By Umenyi A

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Mar 13, 2020

The Course is not overloaded, easy to follow with the accompanying book and videos.

By Adithya S

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May 9, 2020

Very Good Course. Clear explanation of the fundamental concepts.

By Jithu G

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Sep 22, 2020

Very helpful in introducing and applying the constraints....

By 21LE0035 M M

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Mar 26, 2022

Very Hard and to complete this we nee some extra knowledge

By Jorge I P B

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Jun 17, 2021

very interesting! especially the inverse kinematic method!

By Arjun S

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Apr 1, 2019

Basic skills anyone with interest in robotics should have

By Michel M

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Jul 11, 2024

extremely insightful course about the basics of robotics

By Mauricio A H C

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Jan 29, 2021

Super useful course, explains everything very clearly.

By Youssef G

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Aug 27, 2024

The content is so helpful and well organized

By Islam B

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Aug 9, 2019

Great course! Thanks, authors and coursera!

By Steven F

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Sep 8, 2020

very good. this is exactly I want to learn

By Gunasekaran S

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Aug 20, 2019

Problems can be little more challenging.

By Shubham T

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Apr 18, 2020

All the lectures are really great.

By Aditya V

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Apr 28, 2020

Great explanation of concepts

By KUMAR G

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Jun 3, 2020

wonderful experience!!!

By Mike W

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Oct 22, 2023

Totally enjoyed it.

By Eduardo L

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Aug 24, 2020

Excellent course.

By Divya P B

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Aug 31, 2022

Amazing course!!

By David L L C

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Dec 29, 2020

Curso excelente