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You will gain access to the learning platform from the program start date, and have the opportunity to familiarize yourself with the classroom environment and prepare for the program ahead.
Learn the fundamentals of robotic and automation systems to evaluate opportunities and barriers for adoption and implementation.
Identify robot subsystems and various architecture paradigms and articulate the roles that sensing, planning, and control play when considering a full robotic system.
Delve into the important roles that sensors play in robotic architecture to understand how robots accomplish tasks.
Explore robot task planning and how to use planning models and decision processes as tools to program robot decision-making actions.
Examine motion planning and its applications – manipulation planning and navigation planning – to understand how it can be successfully integrated into various robotic systems.
Learn the basics of function and movement of various parts of a robot system, including several fundamental techniques and characteristics that impact movement performance.
Discuss and evaluate how to manage challenges of robot concurrency, the tendency for things to happen at the same time in a robotic system, and how to use real-time scheduling and real-time requirements to order and sequence robot tasks within a constraint time frame.
Complete a thorough examination of human-robot interaction (HRI), including why it is needed, the challenges it presents in real-world deployments, and the connection between robot decision-making and robotic development.
Highlight approaches and automation characteristics that might benefit certain robotic systems and come full circle to the role of robots in society as you look towards the future.
You will gain access to the learning platform from the program start date, and have the opportunity to familiarize yourself with the classroom environment and prepare for the program ahead.
Examine motion planning and its applications – manipulation planning and navigation planning – to understand how it can be successfully integrated into various robotic systems.
Learn the fundamentals of robotic and automation systems to evaluate opportunities and barriers for adoption and implementation.
Learn the basics of function and movement of various parts of a robot system, including several fundamental techniques and characteristics that impact movement performance.
Identify robot subsystems and various architecture paradigms and articulate the roles that sensing, planning, and control play when considering a full robotic system.
Discuss and evaluate how to manage challenges of robot concurrency, the tendency for things to happen at the same time in a robotic system, and how to use real-time scheduling and real-time requirements to order and sequence robot tasks within a constraint time frame.
Delve into the important roles that sensors play in robotic architecture to understand how robots accomplish tasks.
Complete a thorough examination of human-robot interaction (HRI), including why it is needed, the challenges it presents in real-world deployments, and the connection between robot decision-making and robotic development.
Explore robot task planning and how to use planning models and decision processes as tools to program robot decision-making actions.
Highlight approaches and automation characteristics that might benefit certain robotic systems and come full circle to the role of robots in society as you look towards the future.
The Robotics Essentials online program provides learners with knowledge and resources to identify basic robotic subsystems, evaluate human-robot interactions, and analyze challenges to the implementation of robotic systems. This program is an ideal launchpad for those who want to chart a path forward in full stack robotics, including:
Engineers looking to gain an end-to-end understanding of robotics and automation to expand their career opportunities.
Representative roles include:
Product Managers who want to learn the fundamentals of robotics to inform their product development decisions and offer more integrated solutions. Representative roles include:
Representative roles include:
Consultants looking to understand the range of robotic applications and stay up to date on cutting-edge robotic systems and subsystems. Representative roles include:
Representative roles include:
Professionals in robotics and related industries, including operations, technology, and business executives who need to understand how robotic applications can give their firm a competitive edge.
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Converging technologies and global competition are driving the explosive growth of robotics development across a variety of industries. Companies today need talent with the right combination of technical and business skills to harness the massive power of automation and integrated robotics solutions.
Where can you get a richer understanding of robotics technology and its business applications to expand your career opportunities? MIT xPRO’s online learning programs, which leverage vetted content from world-renowned experts to make learning accessible anytime, anywhere.
The value of the global robotics market by the year 2026, growing at CAGR of 20.4% over the forecast period (2021-2026)
The ranking of robotics engineer in the top-15 emerging jobs in the US
Julie Shah
Alberto Rodriguez
Julie Shah
Professor at MIT in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, leads Interactive Robotics Group in the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Julie Shah is Associate Dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing at MIT, a professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Director of the Interactive Robotics Group, which aims to imagine the future of work by designing collaborative robot teammates that enhance human capability. She is expanding the use of human cognitive models for artificial intelligence and has translated her work to manufacturing assembly lines, healthcare applications, transportation, and defense. Before joining the faculty, she worked at Boeing Research and Technology on robotics applications for aerospace manufacturing.
Prof. Shah has been recognized by the National Science Foundation with a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award and by MIT Technology Review on its 35 Innovators Under 35 list. Her work on industrial human-robot collaboration was also in Technology Review’s 2013 list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies. She has received international recognition in the form of best paper awards and nominations from the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, and the International Symposium on Robotics. She earned degrees in aeronautics and astronautics, and in autonomous systems, from MIT.
Alberto Rodriguez
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, Class of 1957 Career Development Professor
Alberto Rodriguez is the Class of 1957 Associate Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department at MIT. Alberto graduated in mathematics ('05) and telecommunication engineering ('06) from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, and earned his PhD (’13) from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He leads the Manipulation and Mechanisms Lab at MIT (MCube), researching autonomous dexterous manipulation, robot automation, and end-effector design.
Alberto has received best paper awards at conferences RSS’11, ICRA’13, RSS’18, IROS'18, and RSS'19, the 2018 Best Manipulation System Paper Award from Amazon, and has been finalist for best paper awards at IROS’16, IROS'18, ICRA'20 and RSS'20. He led Team MIT-Princeton in the Amazon Robotics Challenge between 2015 and 2017, and received Faculty Research Awards from Amazon in 2018, 2019 and 2020, and from Google in 2020. He is also the recipient of the 2020 IEEE Early Academic Career Award in Robotics and Alberto Rodriguez Automation.
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