Modern Robotics, Course 6: Capstone Project, Mobile Manipulation
The capstone project of the Modern Robotics specialization is on mobile manipulation: simultaneously controlling the motion of a wheeled mobile base and its robot arm to achieve a manipulation task. This project integrates several topics from the specialization, including trajectory planning, odometry for mobile robots, and feedback control. Beginning from the Modern Robotics software library provided to you (written in Python, Mathematica, and MATLAB), and software you have written for previous courses, you will develop software to plan and control the motion of a mobile manipulator to perform a pick and place task. You will test your software on the KUKA youBot, a mobile manipulator consisting of an omnidirectional mecanum-wheel mobile base, a 5-joint robot arm, and a gripper. The state-of-the-art, cross-platform V-REP robot simulator will be used to simulate the task.
Status: Estimation
Estimation
Status: Control Systems
Control Systems
Intermediate·Course·21 hours
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5.0
·Reviewed May 16, 2020
Probably the best specialization I've done so far. I wish there were more programs like this!
5.0
·Reviewed Nov 30, 2020
A really amazing and exhaustive course. Covers everything you need to know about robotics especially from a Mechanical Engineering point of view.
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 22, 2020
I spent a lot time from conceptual to learn kinematics, dynamics, controls, and so on to learn and enhance my knowledge, I am so appreciate.
5.0
·Reviewed Jan 30, 2020
Capstone Project taught me the most. Thank you for the great course. Would you have a advanced robotics course? I would love to take that too.
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 5, 2020
I really loved this course. Now forums are slightly active. You get a response from learners. If you are stuck don't give up keep trying you will be able to complete the project.
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 7, 2019
It was fascinating implementing what I learnt in the previous five courses into a real-life scenario.
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 4, 2025
Great course. Highly recommended if you want to get into robotics
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Arnab
5.0
·Reviewed May 27, 2019
Loved the final project. While the first half of it will be a breeze for anyone, the challenge begins in the latter half. Learned a lot through the debugging process. The extra part of making a joint limit tester was also fun. Although if an alternative project or a separate course could be provided to practically employ these theories by making a robot then that will be even better.
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Sunil
5.0
·Reviewed Jan 30, 2020
Capstone Project taught me the most. Thank you for the great course. Would you have a advanced robotics course? I would love to take that too.
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Juan
5.0
·Reviewed May 17, 2020
Probably the best specialization I've done so far. I wish there were more programs like this!
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Moussa
5.0
·Reviewed Aug 16, 2019
Builds on the knowledge from the previous 5 courses in a fun and moderately challenging project. Uses a mobile manipulator robot which is great because it applies both chain and wheeled robotics. I recommend you have some programming experience for the capstone but if you completed the previous courses this one should be fine.
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Irina
5.0
·Reviewed Feb 7, 2019
This capstone is adequately challenging, realistic and exposes the students to the real problems which arise when one tries to program a robot. I used almost all the knowledge that I gained through previous 5 courses. And there is plenty of room for creativity and beyond-minimum challenge.
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Huzefa
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 1, 2020
A really amazing and exhaustive course. Covers everything you need to know about robotics especially from a Mechanical Engineering point of view.
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권우경
5.0
·Reviewed Nov 4, 2019
Excellent lecture to study mobile manipulator including great example.
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Juan
5.0
·Reviewed Oct 3, 2020
I found this course to be very stimulating. It's nice to see how everything comes together in a project. It would be great to have done it on real hardware and perhaps in the future this could be done without it resulting in something to expensive. But the overall feeling is that it is well designed, well documented, challenging and rewarding.
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Shubham
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 6, 2020
I really loved this course. Now forums are slightly active. You get a response from learners. If you are stuck don't give up keep trying you will be able to complete the project.
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Steven
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 23, 2020
I spent a lot time from conceptual to learn kinematics, dynamics, controls, and so on to learn and enhance my knowledge, I am so appreciate.
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EL
5.0
·Reviewed Oct 29, 2023
I really struggled to put it up but glad I made it! Thanks to you for helping me discover the maths side of robots! Cheers!
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Hrushi
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 8, 2019
It was fascinating implementing what I learnt in the previous five courses into a real-life scenario.
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Vardan
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 5, 2025
Great course. Highly recommended if you want to get into robotics