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Advanced Introduction to Robotics
ENG-SCI 259

Jointly Offered with: Faculty of Arts & Sciences as ENG-SCI 159, Graduate School of Design as SCI 6274

Course Information

Description

Introduction to computer-controlled robotic manipulators. Topics include coordinate frames and transformations, forward and inverse kinematic solutions to open-chain manipulators, the Jacobian, dynamics and control, and motion planning. In addition, special topics will be introduced such as computer vision, soft robotics, surgical robots, MEMS and microrobotics, and biomimetic systems. Laboratory exercises will provide experience with industrial robot programming and robot simulation and control.

Course Notes

Laboratory will be scheduled after classes begin, based on students' and course staff's availability. Eng-Sci 259 is also listed as Eng-Sci 159. Students may not take both for credit. Graduate students must enroll in 259. The material in 259 is the same as in 159, but with additional problems on the problem sets and a final project. Jointly offered at GSD as SCI 6274.

School Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits 4
Cross Reg

Available for Harvard Cross Registration

Course Component Lecture
Grading Basis FAS Letter Graded
Exam/Final Deadline May 11, 2026
General Education N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data N/A
Divisional Distribution Science & Engineering & Applied Science
Course Level Primarily for Graduate Students