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  • Course 4 of 6 in the Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control Specialization
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  • Approx. 32 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
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  • 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 4 of the specialization, Robot Motion Planning and Control, you will learn key concepts of robot motion generation: planning a motion for a robot in the presence of obstacles, and real-time feedback control to track the planned motion. Chapter 10, Motion Planning, of the "Modern Robotics" textbook covers foundational material like C-space obstacles, graphs and trees, and graph search, as well as classical and modern motion planning techniques, such as grid-based motion planning, randomized sampling-based planners, and virtual potential fields. Chapter 11, Robot Control, covers motion control, force control, and hybrid motion-force control.
  • 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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Curriculum

Chapter 10: Motion Planning (Part 1 of 2)

Overview of Motion Planning (Chapter 10.1)

C-Space Obstacles (Chapter 10.2.1)

Graphs and Trees (Chapter 10.2.3)

Graph Search (Chapter 10.2.4)

Complete Path Planners (Chapter 10.3)

Welcome to Course 4, Robot Motion Planning and Control

How to Make This Course Successful

Chapter 10 through 10.3

Lecture Comprehension, Overview of Motion Planning (Chapter 10.1)

Lecture Comprehension, C-Space Obstacles (Chapter 10.2.1)

Lecture Comprehension, Graphs and Trees (Chapter 10.2.3)

Lecture Comprehension, Graph Search (Chapter 10.2.4)

Lecture Comprehension, Complete Path Planners (Chapter 10.3)

Chapter 10 through 10.3, Motion Planning

Chapter 10: Motion Planning (Part 2 of 2)

Grid Methods for Motion Planning (Chapter 10.4)

Sampling Methods for Motion Planning (Chapter 10.5, Part 1 of 2)

Sampling Methods for Motion Planning (Chapter 10.5, Part 2 of 2)

Virtual Potential Fields (Chapter 10.6)

Nonlinear Optimization (Chapter 10.7)

Chapter 10.4 through 10.7

Lecture Comprehension, Grid Methods for Motion Planning (Chapter 10.4)

Lecture Comprehension, Sampling Methods for Motion Planning (Chapter 10.5, Part 1 of 2)

Lecture Comprehension, Sampling Methods for Motion Planning (Chapter 10.5, Part 2 of 2)

Lecture Comprehension, Virtual Potential Fields (Chapter 10.6)

Lecture Comprehension, Nonlinear Optimization (Chapter 10.7)

Chapter 10.4 through 10.7, Motion Planning

Chapter 11: Robot Control (Part 1 of 2)

Control System Overview (Chapter 11.1)

Error Response (Chapter 11.2.1)

Linear Error Dynamics (Chapter 11.2.2)

First-Order Error Dynamics (Chapter 11.2.2.1)

Second-Order Error Dynamics (Chapter 11.2.2.2)

Motion Control with Velocity Inputs (Chapter 11.3, Part 1 of 3)

Motion Control with Velocity Inputs (Chapter 11.3, Part 2 of 3)

Motion Control with Velocity Inputs (Chapter 11.3, Part 3 of 3)

Chapter 11 through 11.3

Lecture Comprehension, Control System Overview (Chapter 11.1)

Lecture Comprehension, Error Response (Chapter 11.2.1)

Lecture Comprehension, Linear Error Dynamics (Chapter 11.2.2)

Lecture Comprehension, First-Order Error Dynamics (Chapter 11.2.2.1)

Lecture Comprehension, Second-Order Error Dynamics (Chapter 11.2.2.2)

Lecture Comprehension, Motion Control with Velocity Inputs (Chapter 11.3, Part 1 of 3)

Lecture Comprehension, Motion Control with Velocity Inputs (Chapter 11.3, Part 2 of 3)

Lecture Comprehension, Motion Control with Velocity Inputs (Chapter 11.3, Part 3 of 3)

Chapter 11 through 11.3, Robot Control

Chapter 11: Robot Control (Part 2 of 2)

Motion Control with Torque or Force Inputs (Chapter 11.4, Part 1 of 3)

Motion Control with Torque or Force Inputs (Chapter 11.4, Part 2 of 3)

Motion Control with Torque or Force Inputs (Chapter 11.4, Part 3 of 3)

Force Control (Chapter 11.5)

Hybrid Motion-Force Control (Chapter 11.6)

Chapter 11.4 through 11.6

Lecture Comprehension, Motion Control with Torque or Force Inputs (Chapter 11.4, Part 1 of 3)

Lecture Comprehension, Motion Control with Torque or Force Inputs (Chapter 11.4, Part 2 of 3)

Lecture Comprehension, Motion Control with Torque or Force Inputs (Chapter 11.4, Part 3 of 3)

Lecture Comprehension, Force Control (Chapter 11.5)

Lecture Comprehension, Hybrid Motion-Force Control (Chapter 11.6)

Chapter 11.4 through 11.6, Robot Control

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