Learn How Robotic Vision Works – A Free Program

Skills in building robotic vision systems will become vital to developing the robots of the future
Robots with vision will play increasingly important roles in society, from health care to marine science and interplanetary exploration. Robotic vision is an area of technology that is growing quickly in both its potential and applications.

The Robotic Vision program from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) comprises three online courses that provide both theory and practice in programming robotic (computer) vision. You’ll explore the principles of vision: how human vision works; how robotic vision works; and relevant aspects of color, light, and perspective. You’ll become familiar with the mathematical and programming skills required to process and manipulate images, and develop these skills with hands-on practice using the MATLAB programming environment. You’ll put your skills into practice by using specialist software to create the code required for a robot to complete a simple visual task.

The Robotic Vision Program

Accessible for free on desktop, tablet or mobile, and delivered in bite-sized chunks, this program provides a flexible and supported way to develop your understanding of robotic vision. The Program comprises the following courses:

Robotic Vision: Principles of Vision

What is vision? Learn the basics of human and robot vision, the concept of perspective and the constituent parts of an image.

Start Date: 28 Aug

Duration: 3 weeks x 3 hours per week

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Robotic Vision: Processing Images

How do computers process images? Learn about image processing, image features, and how robots can be programmed to see.

Start Date: 2 Oct

Duration: 4 weeks x 3 hours per week

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Robotic Vision: Making Robots See

How does my robot see? Get involved in a vision project by writing the code for a complete vision system.

Start Date: 13 Nov

Duration: 3 weeks x 3 hours per week

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Certification

To get an award you will need to upgrade all courses on this program, then qualify for a Certificate of Achievement on each course. To qualify you need to do at least 90% of each course and score an average of 70% or above on any tests.

Once you have qualified for a Certificate of Achievement on every course you will receive a FutureLearn Award.

This program will require 10 weeks of learning and cost a total of $252 + shipping for certification.