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Control & Motion

Russ Tedrake

Professor at MIT · VP of Robotics, Toyota Research Institute

Smooth motion is a thousand quiet decisions per second.
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About

Russ writes the math that lets a robot decide where to step next. He's the reason a humanoid can walk across a beam and a manipulator can pour a glass of water without spilling. His tools are equations and elegant code.

Teaching Philosophy

Smooth motion is a thousand quiet decisions per second.

What you’ll learn from Russ

  • How robots plan their next move
  • Why smooth motion is harder than fast motion
  • What feedback control really does

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Related Skills

Current Challenge

Plan a path through a maze faster than your friend can.

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