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About the Course

How can robots determine their state and properties of the surrounding environment from noisy sensor measurements in time? In this module you will learn how to get robots to incorporate uncertainty into estimating and learning from a dynamic and changing world. Specific topics that will be covered include probabilistic generative models, Bayesian filtering for localization and mapping....

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SS

Apr 6, 2017

Leanring of mechanism and implementation of Kalman filter and particle filter from experiment is very interesting for me. And these method let me know more about map building in SLAM framework.

VG

Feb 15, 2017

The material is clearly presented. The Matlab exercises complement and reinforce the subject, the level of difficulty is well balanced, thanks for this great course.

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By Alex M

Mar 9, 2021

Good course with a good overview of main algorithm in robotics such as Kalman filters or Particle filters. Assignments are challenging

By Abdulbaki

Mar 28, 2018

First 2 Week was very good but I think Mapping and Localization parts were not covered throughly. There should have been more detail.

By Deleted A

Jun 6, 2019

Course content needs researching on the internet as well. And course assignments are good learning experience but need research too.

By davidjameshall

Jan 7, 2019

Excellent exposure to mapping, localization, etc. Would have liked to have odometry included in the week4 assignment.

By Aman B

Feb 12, 2019

It was a well timed course with short videos. However, the assignments didn't do justice (especially assignment 4)

By Ramachandran S

Apr 23, 2017

Pretty practical course It' ll involve a good amount of programming. Not quiz and theoretical verification here.

By Terry Z

Apr 2, 2018

The assignment is not designed very well especially the last one. Lacking of lots of details.

By Daniele M

Aug 30, 2020

great assignments and lecture... would suggest to provide more readings...

By Xiaotao G

Dec 16, 2018

the topic is interesting, but the videos seems a little bit short

By 官天河

Dec 11, 2016

Everything is good,but the assignments are a little hard,haha

By Kevin R

Oct 11, 2016

more mathematical depth would be great, videos are too concise

By Raphael C

Jun 25, 2017

Good course, videos from week 2 and 4 could be better

By Sabari M M

Aug 18, 2019

Indepth explanation could be very useful.

By Stephen S

Jun 3, 2016

Good intro to Kalman filters.

By vahini

Nov 17, 2016

it was a good course

By Christos P

Jan 2, 2021

Too short.

By Deepak P

Apr 25, 2019

Good

By James T

Jan 1, 2024

(I have left the same comments for each course in the specialization.) There is a lot of good content, but the program is essentially orphaned. The instructors do not engage to any significant degree, and the level of learner engagement in the forums is minimal. If you have difficulties with the assignments, you may find yourself combing through years-old posts, hoping that someone in the past dealt with the same issue that you are having and posted some useful information. The sequence of courses is nonetheless a useful resource for self-study, but expect some frustration in completing the programming assignments, especially in the later courses, since you are unlikely to receive any direct support.

By pansi

Apr 20, 2020

This course makes a good introduction to estimation and learning techinques in robotics, and provides good assignments for students to practise. However, there are many drawbacks as well. The time of each lesson is too short, most of them are no more than ten minutes. It's apparently not enough to make students understood clearly. What's more, all lessons are taught by students, not by teachers. There are so many mistakes in the lectures, which gives students bad experiences.

By Liang L

Dec 30, 2018

I don't think the staff and the mentors organize the course materials well. Firstly, they don't introduce the concepts clearly in the videos, and the professor is hardly involved. Secondly, the programming assignments are not carefully designed, as there is not clear statement and an expected outcome to examine our work. I suggest watching Andrew Ng's Machine Learning to see how well he and his team organize the course materials.

By Rishabh B

Jun 25, 2016

Course contents are very short and to the point. I thought weeks on Gaussian Model Learning and Robot Mapping were neat. But the other two weeks on Kalman filter and Particle Localization were little disappointing. They could have discussed both these topics properly by investing more time. Couple of Assignments are tough and there will be very little help to complete it but nevertheless it will keep you interested in the course.

By Abhi S

Feb 10, 2019

It is a good course and I learnt a lot. However, Professor should have taught instead of the TAs. 4 or 5 minute lectures on important concepts such as particle filter and Kalman Filter is not at all adequate. Wrong formula is shown for one of the important concepts (particle filter). I hope they work on improving the course.

By Saurabh M

Jul 6, 2018

The course structure is nice. However there is little explanation for the programming assignments, especially the last one (week 4). For other weeks I got good help from the forums however the forums do not have much threads and many are unanswered. It would be great if more reading material can be added for that week.

By Yuanxuan W

Aug 15, 2018

Good course schedule, but videos in week 2 and week 4 really need some rework. There are errors in slides and videos are too vague to be helpful, I have to look for external materials to understand the topics (Kalman Filter and Particle Filter).

By Fabio B

Aug 17, 2017

Not an easy course, very difficult for beginner students. I considered myself an advanced student (have a PhD in the field) and even I found it difficult sometimes. In any case it is an excellent course.