Build hands-on projects to acquire core robotics software engineering skills: ROS, Gazebo, Localization, Mapping, SLAM, Navigation, and Path Planning.

Necessary preparation

• Advanced knowledge in any object-oriented programming language, preferably C++.
• Intermediate Probability.
• Intermediate Calculus.
• Intermediate Linear Algebra.
• The essential elements of robotics, meet your instructors, and get familiar with the tools that will help you succeed in this program.Basic Linux Command Lines.

For those who want to

• Begin the exploration into the world of robotics software engineering with a practical, system-focused approach to programming robots using the ROS framework and C++. 
• Learn and apply robotics software engineering algorithms such as localization, mapping, and navigation.

The Program 

1. Introduction To Robotics.
2. Gazebo World.
3. ROS Essentials.
4. Localization.
5. Mapping and SLAM.
6. Path Planning and Navigation.

What will you learn

• The essential elements of robotics, meet your instructors, and get familiar with the tools that will help you succeed in this program.
• How to simulate your first robotic environment with Gazebo, the most common simulation engine used by Roboticists around the world.
• How to manage existing ROS packages within a project, and how to write ROS Nodes of your own in C++.
• How Gaussian filters can be used to estimate noisy sensor readings, and how to estimate a robot’s position relative to a known map of the environment with Monte Carlo Localization (MCL).
• How to create a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) implementation with ROS packages and C++. 
• Different Path Planning and Navigation algorithms.