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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 3 of the specialization, Robot Dynamics, you will learn efficient numerical algorithms for forward dynamics (calculating the robot's acceleration given its configuration, velocity, and joint forces and torques) and inverse dynamics (calculating the required joint forces and torques given the robot's configuration, velocity, and acceleration). The former is useful for simulation, and the latter is useful for robot control. You will also learn how to plan robot trajectories subject to dynamic constraints.
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
JZ
Jun 20, 2018
Interesting course, it helps a lot in understanding and applying the material in the textbook.
TG
Feb 26, 2019
Great lectures and great book. Very challenging, dont take it if you dont have much time.
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By Gunasekaran S
•Sep 4, 2019
More problems would be much better.
By KARAN R V
•Apr 17, 2021
good
By Wenping S
•Sep 4, 2023
In the course there is almost nothing about the content of the exam. I have no ideas about the solutions to any of the problems in Chapter 9.
Everything in the book about Chapter is also very simple but with everything I learned so far from the book it is impossible to work out the problems in the book as well.
I want an explanation for that!!!!!
By Omer F O
•Mar 22, 2024
not usefull