Learn the basics of robotics, computer vision and artificial intelligence in this 17 week course! 

Robotics is the study of robots. Robots are machines that do tasks, some robots do work by themselves, and others must always have a person telling them what to do. Most robots are computer controlled devices with many parts that can be used to help doctors in surgery, farm fields, find and locate people in  search and rescue missions, and help people in space. 

Helping a computer see what we see as humans is the field of computer vision. The solution seems simple, but it is not so trivial to solve the gift of ‘sight’ to translate into a machine. For example, a person can describe the content of a photograph they have seen once, they can summarize a video they have seen only once, and they can recognize a face that they have seen only once. The process of extracting information from an image or a photograph for a machine is a surprisingly challenging task; it has taken expert scientists and creative leaders over four decades, and we are still far from the goal.

From chatbots to image generators, it seems like everyone is playing with artificial intelligence tools these days. Although new programs keep popping up, AI is already a big part of our lives. An artificial intelligence is any computer program that can do tasks that typically require human expertise or skill. AI can be used to power the voice assistants on our phones, the posts we scroll through on social media, the ads we see online, and so much more.