Welcome to the first course in the Robotics MicroMasters series. This is an advanced course designed for learners who have a bachelor's degree in engineering or a similar field. Learners will succeed in this course if they have familiarity with basic operations on matrices and vectors, as well as exposure to derivatives and partial derivatives. The fundamental challenge this course addresses is how one can create robots that operate well in the real world.

How to describe, analyze and think critically about fundamental problems in robotics, such as how to change the position or configuration of a robot
The role of mathematics in describing robotic arms, mobile robots and other robotic platforms
How to use the industry standard programming environment, MATLAB