ECE 782Humanoid Robotics
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Engineering
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
This course provides an overview of the fundamentals and the recent research in the field of humanoid robotics. The course covers kinematics and dynamics, postural stability, control, gait and trajectory generation and inertial parameter estimation. Additional advanced topics in learning, human-robot interaction, manipulation and grasping are introduced.
Prerequisites
None listed.
Antirequisites
- Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:
Leads to
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
One post or comment in 1 thread mentions ECE 782, January 2019 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Winter 2019
CS480 (ML) and CS486 (AI) 13 points, 7 comments
“As I am planning what courses to take next term, I come across these 2 courses. For those of you who have taken these courses before. How useful are these courses in real life applications? …”
u/burichi: “They're both pretty useful in the real world but the courses don't emphasize the applications too much. …”
u/burichi: “… (CS 885, recordings available here), Human-AI Interaction (CS 889), Humanoid Robotics (ECE 782), and Deep Learning for Computational Discrete Optimization (CO 759). …”
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