Robotics & Automation
Robot kinematics, control, planning, ROS and robot learning, for every branch.
Beginner
Start here. No background needed beyond school maths.
Introduction to Robotics (IIT Madras)
A bridge course for all branches: robot kinematics, dynamics, sensors, actuators, control and planning. Free to learn on NPTEL; the certificate needs a proctored exam with a fee.
NPTEL
ROS 2 Tutorials
The official step-by-step tutorials for ROS 2, the Robot Operating System used across industry and research.
Open Robotics
Advanced
Once the basics are comfortable.
Marc Miskin, UPenn: Microscopic Robots that Sense, Think, Act, and Compute
A video from Northwestern University on Marc Miskin, UPenn: Microscopic Robots that Sense, Think, Act, and Compute. Best once you are comfortable with the basics of Robotics & Automation. It plays here in the portal, and your progress is saved as you watch.
Northwestern University
Unidirectional Human-Robot-Human Physical Interaction for Gait Training, v2
A video from Northwestern University on Unidirectional Human-Robot-Human Physical Interaction for Gait Training, v2. Best once you are comfortable with the basics of Robotics & Automation. It plays here in the portal, and your progress is saved as you watch.
Northwestern University
Ruohan Zhang, NU, "Challenges and opportunities for academic labs in the era of robot learning"
A video from Northwestern University on Ruohan Zhang, NU, "Challenges and opportunities for academic labs in the era of robot learning". Best once you are comfortable with the basics of Robotics & Automation. It plays here in the portal, and your progress is saved as you watch.
Northwestern University
Hugging Face Robotics Course (LeRobot)
Free course on robot learning with open-source tools: datasets of robot actions, imitation learning and training policies for real arms.
Hugging Face
Robotic Manipulation (MIT, free online book)
Russ Tedrake's MIT course notes on how robots see, plan and grasp, with runnable code and simulations.
MIT
Expert
Research-level depth and specialist material.