Online Course – Certified Professional Apprenticeship in Robotics with a Professional Internship in Webots from the University of Colorado Boulder

Internship – a course series of 3 courses

The main target

• To create a thorough understanding of the close interaction between mechanism, sensor, and control in the design of intelligent systems.

At the end of the internship, you will be able to:

• Formally describe the forward and reverse kinematics of a mechanism.
• To discretize the robot state using algorithmic thinking.
• Understand the sources of uncertainty in sensing or actuation and describe them mathematically.

Practical experience

• Gain practical experience in the Python language.
• You will use a realistic robotic systems simulator, “Webots”.

Hands-on Learning Project

Using the Webots simulator

• Learners will use the Webots robotics simulator to build personal simulations while learning.

Practical work

• You will receive a “hands-on job” with step-by-step instructions to implement a particular device or algorithm in Webots.
• Encourage exploring this solution, expanding it, or modifying it.
• Ask a question to make sure you understand the concept.

Peer reviews

• Practical activities lead to graded peer assessments that will require reiteration of previously learned concepts.
• The goal is to create well-defined behavior.

Emphasis on courses

• The first course of the specialization focuses on learning Webots and reading key concepts to build a foundation.
• The activities will continue to focus on additional practical activities in the second course.
• The courses will culminate in a large project that will require the implementation of a complete mobile manipulation solution.