Physical AI Basics

This hands-on course teaches Physical AI from the ground up through interactive simulations that run right in your browser, with nothing to install and no hardware to buy. You will learn the electronics that drive motors and sensors, the physics and maths behind a moving robot, ROS 2 for robot software, and robot learning with Hugging Face's LeRobot. That includes running real trained models that pick up objects and follow plain-English instructions. It is designed for engineers, students and developers new to robotics, needing only school maths. Two hands-on capstones finish the course: a warehouse delivery robot, and training your own robot policy on a free GPU.

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Course Curriculum

0 Lecture | 16h:30m:00s

1: Electronics Basics: Voltage, Current and Components
6 Lectures

1.1: Demystifying Electronics

1.2: Demystifying Electronics - Quiz

1.3: Ohm's Law

1.4: Ohm's Law - Quiz

1.5: Components & Circuits

1.6: Components & Circuits - Quiz

2: Circuits: Series, Parallel and Power
4 Lectures

2.1: Series & Parallel Circuits

2.2: Series & Parallel Circuits - Quiz

2.3: Power & Energy

2.4: Power & Energy - Quiz

3: Signals: Analog, Digital and PWM
4 Lectures

3.1: Signals: Analog & Digital

3.2: Signals: Analog & Digital - Quiz

3.3: PWM & Analog Output

3.4: PWM & Analog Output - Quiz

4: Motors and Servos: Torque, Back-EMF and Control
4 Lectures

4.1: Magnetism & the DC Motor

4.2: Magnetism & the DC Motor - Quiz

4.3: From Motor to Servo

4.4: From Motor to Servo - Quiz

5: Microcontrollers and Sensors
4 Lectures

5.1: The Microcontroller

5.2: The Microcontroller - Quiz

5.3: Sensor Integration

5.4: 5.2 Sensor Integration - Quiz

6: Physics Primer: The Maths You Need
1 Lecture

6.1: Primer

7: Motion and Force: Kinematics and Newton’s Laws
4 Lectures

7.1: Motion

7.2: Motion - Quiz

7.3: Forces

7.4: Forces - Quiz

8: Torque and Holding: Lever Arms, Inertia and Gravity Compensation
4 Lectures

8.1: Torque, Lever Arms and Inertia

8.2: Torque, Lever Arms and Inertia - Quiz

8.3: Holding a Pose

8.4: Holding a Pose - Quiz

9: Contact and Simulation: Friction and the Physics Engine
4 Lectures

9.1: Contact and Friction

9.2: Contact and Friction - Quiz

9.3: Inside the Physics Engine

9.4: Inside the Physics Engine - Quiz

10: Balance: Underactuation and the Capture Point
2 Lectures

10.1: Balance and Underactuation

10.2: Balance and Underactuation - Quiz

11: Energy and Geometry: Energy, Power and the Arm's Ellipses
2 Lectures

11.1: Energy and Geometry

11.2: Energy and Geometry - Quiz

12: Maths Basics: Units, Graphs, Trigonometry and Formulas
2 Lectures

12.1: Maths Basics

12.2: Maths Basics - Quiz

13: Linear Algebra: Vectors, Matrices and Transforms
14 Lectures

13.1: Vectors and Their Products

13.2: Quiz: Vectors and Their Products

13.3: A Matrix Is an Action

13.4: Quiz: A Matrix Is an Action

13.5: Span, Basis and Independence

13.6: Quiz: Span, Basis and Independence

13.7: Rotation Matrices

13.8: Quiz: Rotation Matrices

13.9: Homogeneous Transforms

13.10: Quiz: Homogeneous Transforms

13.11: Determinant and Eigenvectors

13.12: Quiz: Determinant and Eigenvectors

13.13: Tensors

13.14: Quiz: Tensors

14: Calculus: Derivatives, the Jacobian and Integration
4 Lectures

14.1: Derivatives and the Jacobian

14.2: Quiz: Derivatives and the Jacobian

14.3: Integration and Accumulation

14.4: Quiz: Integration and Accumulation

15: Probability and Information: Uncertainty, Bayes and Entropy
10 Lectures

15.1: Probability and Uncertainty

15.2: Quiz: Probability and Uncertainty

15.3: The Gaussian and Covariance

15.4: Quiz: The Gaussian and Covariance

15.5: Bayes' Rule and Sensor Fusion

15.6: Quiz: Bayes' Rule and Sensor Fusion

15.7: Entropy and Information

15.8: Quiz: Entropy and Information

15.9: Cross-Entropy and KL Divergence

15.10: Quiz: Cross-Entropy and KL Divergence

16: ROS Basics: Nodes, Topics and Messages
2 Lectures

16.1: Nodes and Topics

16.2: Quiz: Nodes and Topics

17: Simulation: A TurtleBot 4 in Gazebo
2 Lectures

17.1: A Robot in Simulation

17.2: Quiz: A Robot in Simulation

18: Mapping and Localization: Frames, Odometry and SLAM
2 Lectures

18.1: Frames and Maps

18.2: Quiz: Frames and Maps

19: Navigation: Costmaps, Planners and Nav2
2 Lectures

19.1: Navigation with Nav2

19.2: Quiz: Navigation with Nav2

20: Capstone: A Warehouse Delivery Robot
1 Lecture

20.1: A Warehouse Delivery Robot

21: Robot Learning with LeRobot
4 Lectures

21.1: 1.1 Why Learn a Policy

21.2: Quiz: Why Learn a Policy

21.3: Demonstrations and Datasets

21.4: Quiz: Demonstrations and Datasets

22: Imitation Learning: ACT, Failure Modes and Evaluation
6 Lectures

22.1: ACT: Copying in Chunks

22.2: Quiz: ACT: Copying in Chunks

22.3: Why Copying Breaks

22.4: Quiz: Why Copying Breaks

22.5: Measuring Honestly

22.6: Quiz: Measuring Honestly

23: Foundation Models: Diffusion Policies and VLAs
4 Lectures

23.1: Diffusion and VLAs

23.2: Quiz: Diffusion and VLAs

23.3: Running a Pretrained VLA

23.4: Quiz: Running a Pretrained VLA

24: Reasoning: Asking a Robot in Plain English
2 Lectures

24.1: Ask a Robot in Plain English

24.2: Quiz: Ask a Robot in Plain English

25: Next Steps: LeRobot on Your Own
2 Lectures

25.1: LeRobot on Your Own

25.2: Final Quiz

Physical AI Basics

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