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Robotics Essentials 
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Robotics Essentials
 at 
MIT USA 
Overview

Learn the fundamentals of robotic and automation systems to evaluate opportunities and barriers for adoption and implementation

Duration

10 weeks

Total fee

2.06 Lakh

Mode of learning

Online

Course Level

UG Certificate

Robotics Essentials
 at 
MIT USA 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate and 4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from MIT xPRO
  • Career-ready skills to position you in a growing market
  • Workbook to help you apply your learnings
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Robotics Essentials
 at 
MIT USA 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • For Control Engineers, Software Engineers, Automation Engineers, Design Engineers
  • For product managers
  • For professionals
What are the course deliverables?
  • Learn key concepts of robotic systems and human-robot interaction (HRI)
  • Determine how robotic automation is suitable for specific work tasks
  • Identify basic robotic subsystems and recognize how these subsystems work together to influence the function of greater robotic systems
  • Evaluate how automated technologies can be implemented and determine what barriers exist to prevent such implementation
  • Explore robotic systems and architecture
  • Identify the basics of sensing and control in robotic applications
More about this course
  • The Robotics Essentials online program provides learners with knowledge and resources to identify basic robotic subsystems, evaluate human-robot interactions, and analyze challenges to the implementation of robotic systems
  • This program is an ideal launchpad for those who want to chart a path forward in full stack robotics

Robotics Essentials
 at 
MIT USA 
Curriculum

Week 1: Orientation Week

Week 2: Why automation and robotics?

Week 3: Design and development of robotics

Week 4: Sensing and perception

Week 5: Robot decision-making

Week 6: Motion planning and trajectory generation

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Robotics Essentials
 at 
MIT USA 
Faculty details

Julie Shah
Julie Shah is Associate Dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing at MIT, a professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Director of the Interactive Robotics Group, which aims to imagine the future of work by designing collaborative robot teammates that enhance human capability.

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Friendly and welcoming campus.
Tips: Might be too expensive, the cafeteria and books, the travelling but overall the college is really amazing and the students and professors are very helpful. The professors encourage us to participate in various college functions; overall, it's great.
Total Monthly ExpenseUSD 9350
Prepping time for classes34 hours/Week
Expected Annual SalaryUSD 117275
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Robotics Essentials
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MIT USA 
Contact Information

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77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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