Engineering the Future: The Revolutionary World of Robotics
Engineering the Future: The Revolutionary World of Robotics
Released 05/2025
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Language: English + subtitle | Duration: 1h 8m 48s | Size: 233 MB
Released 05/2025
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Language: English + subtitle | Duration: 1h 8m 48s | Size: 233 MB
Discover the transformative impact of robotics. Explore the latest breakthroughs in robotics and their applications in manufacturing, healthcare, and more.
Course details
As robotics rapidly evolves from research labs to real-world impact, this course examines what defines a robot, focusing on how they intelligently combine perception, cognition, and action, as well as the challenges in creating and controlling them. Throughout the course, technical topics like kinematics, dynamics, control, and planning are covered, alongside real-world applications such as search and rescue robots and medical robotics. The future of robotics is also discussed, including policy considerations like privacy and the potential for commercialization in fields like healthcare and agriculture. Ultimately, this course highlights the complexity of robotics and the ongoing efforts to advance this field.This course was created by Richard Voyles and the Tech Diplomacy Academy, made possible by the Krach Institute For Tech Diplomacy at Purdue. We are pleased to host this content in our library.