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Robotics Foundations

Discover how robots sense, decide and act — and program one in a simulator.

6.0 hours📚 beginner level

What you'll learn

  • Identify sensors, actuators and microcontrollers
  • Explain how a robot senses, decides and acts
  • Program a simulated robot with simple commands

Course syllabus13 lessons

Robotics & Mechatronics — Foundations

0/5 lessons
  1. 1📖Introduction to Robotics
  2. 2📖Sensors and Actuators🔒
  3. 3📖🔬Microcontrollers🔒
  4. 4📖Programming an Arduino🔒
  5. 5📖Basic Motor Control🔒

Machines That Sense and Act

0/2 lessons
  1. 6📖Mechanical Components🔒
  2. 7📖Power and Control Systems🔒

The Brain of the Bot

0/1 lessons
  1. 8📖Analog vs Digital Signals🔒

Giving Robots Perception

0/3 lessons
  1. 9📖🔬Distance Sensors🔒
  2. 10📖🔬Light and Colour Sensors🔒
  3. 11📖🔬Temperature and Humidity🔒

Putting It Together

0/2 lessons
  1. 12📖Chassis and Wiring🔒
  2. 13📖🔬First Autonomous Behaviour🔒