Introduction to Application of Robotic Tools

Gain essential practical skills in the application of robotics to understand how to use robotic tools across various industries with this online course from Luleå University of Technology.

Duration

2 weeks

Weekly study

4 hours

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Learn the fundamentals of robotic applications

On this two-week course from Luleå University of Technology, you’ll develop a working knowledge of the use of robotics, gaining essential practical skills for robotic applications.

Delving into the fundamentals of robotics, you’ll be equipped with the basics of 3D modelling, object detection, computer vision, and image processing.

You’ll discover examples and get hands-on experience in developing engaging and useful robotics applications. The skills you gain in this course will help you understand how to develop robotic tools in application across various sectors.

Delve into object detection

You’ll learn about different sensing modalities such as RGB sensors, thermal, and 3D lidars that provide diverse types of data for robotic application development.

In coordination with sensing, you’ll also learn about basic perception tasks that can be introduced in robotics applications, such as object detection. With this knowledge, you’ll be able to reflect on these capabilities and how to use them in practice.

Gain practical skills in the application of robotics

Through various example applications, you’ll learn how to demonstrate the use of robotic tools ensuring you finish the course with the practical knowledge to use in your context.

Learn from the experts at Luleå University of Technology

With a long history of excellent research in robotics, control engineering, applied and generative AI, and other technological fields, Luleå University of Technology is ideally situated to offer this course.

You’ll also benefit from the guidance of a headteacher who has years of experience in robotics training and research, including active roles on several leading robotics research groups.

  • Week 1

    Pose and Transformations

    • Course Introduction

      Welcome to this course where you will be introduced to application of robotic tools.

    • Introduction to Pose and Transformations in 2D

      During this week you shall be introduced to the fundamentals of representing the position and orientation of a robot in two dimensional and three-dimensional world space. In addition to that, an introduction to coordinate.

    • Introduction to Pose and Transformations in 3D

      In this section, you will gain the knowledge of representing the robot's position and orientation in three-dimensional world space and gain the knowledge to represent many relative poses with respect to a single fixed frame.

    • General Discussion

      In this activity, you are expected to engage in a positive discourse on the activities previously taught this week. Based on the topic provided, we invite you to express your thoughts freely and encourage new questions.

    • Week 1 Summary

      This activity summarizes the topics taught this week. You are encouraged to engage in a healthy discussion afterwards with your fellow learners.

  • Week 2

    Sensors and Perception

    • Sensors and Perception

      An introduction to various sensing capabilities of a robot is provided along with an brief overview on how it can be used to enable robots to complete tasks.

    • Introduction to Sensors

      A brief overview of various sensing modalities available is provided.

    • Introduction to Perception

      In this activity, you are introduced to the use of sensors on robots and how they enable the robot to complete a given task.

    • General Discussion

      An engaging and constructive discourse on the topics taught in Week 2.

    • Week 2 summary

      This activity shall wrap up the topics introduced this week.

    • Course end and summary

      Test your knowledge gained this week through the final quiz of this course.

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