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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Modern Robotics, Course 5: Robot Manipulation and Wheeled Mobile Robots by Northwestern University

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    About the Course

    Do you want to know how robots work? Are you interested in robotics as a career? Are you willing to invest the effort to learn fundamental
    mathematical modeling techniques that are used in all subfields of robotics? If so, then the "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and
    Control" specialization may be for you. This specialization, consisting of six short courses, is serious preparation for serious students who hope
    to work in the field of robotics or to undertake advanced study. It is not a sampler. In Course 5 of the specialization, Robot Motion Planning and
    Wheeled Mobile Robots, we delve into advanced topics in robotics. Chapter 12, Grasping and Manipulation, of the "Modern R...
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    JC

    Oct 20, 2020

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    I like this course and the way is presented. I think, however, that discussion forums could be better attended by the instructors and mentors.

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    It was a hard one , Yet very helpful and challenging

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    By Zejd I

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    Jul 14, 2022

    This one was the hardest of all in this specialization. Problem is that they gave quizes and projects which is nowhere explained, you are hit with the assignments and you have little space to be wrong. You should make some practice examples which will be similar to the projects and quizes.

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    By Pau C C

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    Feb 19, 2019

    Great course, really enjoyed! It's on the difficult side of the Coursera courses, but if you have engineering-level maths it shouldn't be a big deal. It's unnecessary to do the previous courses to do this one if you already have some practice with lie-groups robotics but it's often times not the case.

    I recommend not to use their library at all and code your own code so that you learn more and get more out of the course.

    The peer-graded assignments are the only big drawback. I think they should be automatically evaluated with a set of unit tests. Hopefully that will be sorted out at some point.

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    May 27, 2019

    The concepts of this Course will be used heavily in Course 6. I rated this course after course 6 because the real use of this course is in there. The entire specialization was rock solid and develops a strong foundation for further explorations.

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    By John M

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    Jan 12, 2019

    Another very meaty course in this series. I enjoyed it a lot.

    A word of warning though, I found this course to be a step up in terms of difficulty and time required compared to the previous 4. Very rewarding to get through but be forewarned.

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    Oct 20, 2020

    I like this course and the way is presented. I think, however, that discussion forums could be better attended by the instructors and mentors.

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    By Maya S

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    Feb 16, 2021

    It was a hard one , Yet very helpful and challenging

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    By Jihye S S

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    Mar 25, 2025

    Really wonderful. Lots of challenges. Many thanks!

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    By Ahmed M

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    Nov 9, 2020

    It's interesting course, but it needs much effort

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    By Bassam A M S A

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    Jun 30, 2019

    It is the best course and the most excited one.

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    By Islam B

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    Jan 10, 2021

    Really nice course! Many thanks to authors!

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    By Eduardo L

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    Nov 29, 2020

    Excellent course by professor Lynch.

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    By Софія В

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    Mar 22, 2025

    Чудовий стислий курс

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    By Sandun R

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    Jun 20, 2021

    A very good course

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    By Akshat B

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    May 28, 2021

    Great Course!

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    By Juan C D S

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    May 10, 2020

    Awesome!!

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    By V_ Z

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    Mar 25, 2025

    Cool

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    By Irina R

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    Jan 5, 2019

    Positive: Very rigorous and thorough course. Has quizzes and programming assignments which have multiple languages supported.

    Minus: The peer-reviewed assignments may take a long time to get graded due to small number of students. Also, the small number of students makes it almost impossible to get any help regarding the material. I have never seen the instructor replying to a student question which is not related to the courseware. The book has no solutions, so if you don't understand something, you are stuck.

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    By Marat K

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    Mar 14, 2024

    This was the most challenging course so far compared to the 4 previous ones. Despite the very good videos and excellent book, this course may be very hard for first time learner. This should be rated as "advanced". I have an engineering degree in mechatronics and still had my difficulties with the force closure assignment and the last exam, where almost all concepts from the book are combined to be applied.

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    By KARAN R V

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    May 9, 2021

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