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Learn how to design, build, and program dynamical, legged robots that can operate in the real world.
How do robots climb stairs, traverse shifting sand and navigate through hilly and rocky terrain?
This course, part of the Robotics MicroMasters program, will teach you how to think about complex mobility challenges that arise when robots are deployed in unstructured human and natural environments.
You will learn how to design and program the sequence of energetic interactions that must occur between sensors and mechanical actuators in order to ensure stable mobility. We will expose you to underlying and still actively developing concepts, while providing you with practical examples and projects.
Week 1: Big-Picture Motivation
Week 2: A Linear Time Invariant Mechanical System
Week 3: A Nonlinear Time Invariant Mechanical System
Week 4: Project #1: A Brachiating Robot
Week 5: Qualitative Theory of Dynamical Systems
Week 6: First Locomotion Model
Week 7: A Vertical Hopping Controller
Week 8: Project #2: From Bouncing Ball to Stable Hopper
Week 9: The Spring Loaded Inverted Pendulum (SLIP)
Week 10: Stepping Control of Fore-aft Speed
Week 11: Project #3: Anchoring SLIP in Multi-Jointed Mechanisms
Week 12: Project #4: A Running Controller for the Jerboa Robot
Who can take this course?
Unfortunately, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. edX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.
Who can take this course?
Unfortunately, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. edX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.
