Undergraduate Robotics OpenCourseWare

  • Autonomous Robot Design OpenCourseWare: A Free Online Bachelor Level Robotics Course by MIT

    Students interested in designing robots will benefit from the free OpenCourseWare materials from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) course 'Autonomous Robot Design Competition.' The course materials, offered by the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, show how undergraduate students can apply basic principles of robotic design to actual working models. Prior knowledge of computation structures and circuits is helpful and encouraged.

  • Programming with Robots OpenCourseWare: Free Online Undergraduate Robotic Programming Course by Capilano University

    Build and control your own robot with a LEGO Mindstorms set and this free OpenCourseWare about robotic programming from Capilano University. 'Programming with Robots' will introduce you to basic computer programming skills that underlie the most complex robotic tasks. With no previous coursework needed to understand it, this material is suited to aspiring computer science majors.

  • Robotics OpenCourseWare: MIT's Free Bachelor Level Class on the Design of Robotics Systems

    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offers a free OpenCourseWare for its mechanical engineering course, 'Introduction to Robotics.' The course materials survey topics instrumental to robotics, including actuators, drive systems and planar kinematics. This course is ideal for undergraduates earning bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering and who have an interest in robotics and prior knowledge of modeling dynamics and control.