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Introduction to Human-Robot Interaction (edX)

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Introduction to Human-Robot Interaction (edX)

Discover the basic concepts of human-robot interaction and how robots work. Learn how to design a human-robot interaction and different ways in which users can interact with robots. Introduction to Human-Robot Interaction is part one of the Human-Robot Interaction professional certificate.

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This course provides a broad overview of the multidisciplinary topics central to modern Human-Robot Interaction research and introduces all the relevant background concepts; describing how robots work, how to design them, and how to evaluate their performance.
This course is part of the Human-Robot Interaction Professional Certificate.

What you'll learn
• The basic concepts, principles and ideas of human-robot interaction.
• How robots work from the perspective of software and hardware.
• Different types of sensors and actuators a robot could use.
• Typical software architectures to control robots.
• The process of designing human-robot interaction focusing on all the necessary steps to consider.
• Two interaction modalities that do not rely on speech: spatial interaction and non-verbal interaction.

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