Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
This free online course presented some of the major challenges that working with autonomous systems creates, gave an understanding of how researchers design robotic systems, how these connect to other fields of study, and the potential role of robotics in our everyday future.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Professor Sandor Veres
Director of the Autonomous Systems and Robotics Research Group, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
The University of Sheffield
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the main challenges of working with autonomous systems and the ways in which we might meet these challenges
- Explore some basic principles of robotic design
- Apply knowledge of where developments in robotics are heading and their potential effect on our future
- Explain existing and potential real-life robotic applications
Syllabus
This course looked at current and future developments in the field of robotics that could shape different aspects of people’s daily lives. It built an understanding of the principles and fundamental challenges of designing robots including:
- What a robot needs to be able to sense the world using drones, youBots and autonomous cars as examples.
- Current and future developments in robotics and how and where they are being applied.
- How robotics can take inspiration from nature looking at swarm robots and biomimetics.
- How robots work with others for example, a robot surgeon and a robotic arm.
Issued on 15th June 2017
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