Robotics Graduate Certificate Tracking

Graduation Requirements: Minimum B- grade in all certificate courses. Average GPA of 3.0 or higher in all certificate courses.

Complete all of the Following:

  • 4 Core Courses
  • 1 Elective
  • 1 Robotics Seminar
  • 2 Credits of Graduate Project or Project-Intensive Course*

Minimum total of 18 credit hours
6000 and 7000 level coursework required
Click on each section below for more details.

Core Course Requirement - 12 Credits

Complete at least one course from each core area:

Robotics Mechanics Core Area (Required)

  • ROBOT 6000 | Robotics I: Mechanics | 3 Credits
    (Also offered as CS 6310 or ECE 6650 or ME EN 6220)

Robot Control Core Area (Required)

  • ROBOT 6100 | Robotics II: Control | 3 Credits
    (Also offered as CS 6330 or ECE 6651 or ME EN 6230)

Cognition Core Area (Pick One)

  • ROBOT 6200 | Motion Planning | 3 Credits (Also offered as CS 6370 or ME EN 6225)
  • CS 6300 | Artificial Intelligence | 3 Credits

Perception Core Area (Pick One)

  • CS 6640 or BME 6640 or ECE 6532 (cross-listed)| Digital Image Processing | 3 Credits
  • CS 6320 | Computer Vision | 3 Credits

Required Core Area Credit Hour Sub-Total: 12 Credits


Elective Course Requirement - 3 Credits

Select 1 class from any category.

Core courses listed above that are not used to fulfill a core area requirement may also be considered.

Robot Mechanics Category Electives

  • ROBOT 7000 | Manipulation and Mobility | 3 Credits (Also offered as ME EN 7230 or CS 7310)
  • ROBOT 7010 | System Identification for Robotics | 3 Credits (Also offered as ME EN 7220 or CS 7320)

Robot Control Category Electives

  • ME EN 6200 or ECE 6615 (cross-listed) | Classical Control Systems | 3 Credits
  • ECE 6670 | Control of Electric Motors | 3 Credits
  • ME EN 6210 or ECE 6652 or CH EN 6203 (cross-listed) | State Space Control | 3 Credits
  • ME EN 7200 | Nonlinear Control | 3 Credits
  • ME EN 7210 | Optimal Control | 3 Credits
  • ECE 6570 | Adaptive Control | 3 Credits

Cognition Category

  • CS 6350 | Machine Learning | 3 Credits
  • CS 6958 | Robot Learning (currently special topics) | 3 Credits

Perception Category

  • CS 7640 | Advanced Image Processing | 3 Credits
  • CS 6353 | Deep Learning for Image Analysis | 3 Credits
  • ECE 6530 | Digital Signal Processing | 3 Credits

Human-Robot Interaction Category

  • CS 6360 | Virtual Reality | 3 Credits
  • ROBOT 7400 | Haptics for VR, Teleoperation, and Physical Human-Robot Interaction | 3 Credits
    (Also offered as ME EN 7240)
  • ROBOT 6400 | Neural Engineering and NeuroRobotics | 3 Credits
    (Also offered as BME 6440 or ECE 6654)

Robot Design Category

  • ROBOT 6500 or ME EN 6240 | Advanced Mechatronics | 4 Credits
  • ROBOT 6960 | Wearable Robotics (currently special topics) | 3 Credits
  • ECE 6780 or CS 6780 | Embedded System Design | 4 Credits
  • ECE 6960 | Robotic Millisystems (currently special topics class) | 3 Credits
  • CS 6956 | Medical Robotics | 3 Credits

Elective Course Sub-Total: 3 Credits

Seminar Requirement - 1 Credit

  • ROBOT 6800 or CS 7942 or ECE 6868 or ME EN 6892 | Robotics Seminar | 1 Credit

Project Requirement - 2 Credits

Certificate participants must complete an approved (by robotics faculty) minimum two credit hour robotics project with a short final presentation (e.g. in the robotics seminar, at a conference, etc.). The project can be fulfilled as part of a faculty-advised project, student club, industry project (i.e. through an internship), or an approved project-intensive class. Students taking project-intensive courses may result in additional credits beyond the minimum required for the certificate. The final project(s) must be approved by the Director of Robotics Studies. Students must enroll in ROBOT 6920 if completing an independent or industry project/internship.

Mixed Option: Complete a combination of the below for a minimum total of 6 credits

  • ROBOT 6920 | Graduate Project | 2 Credits

                      or

  • *Approved coursework with intensive projects | 2 Credits
    ROBOT 6500 / ME EN 6240: Advanced Mechatronics
    ROBOT 6960: Wearable Robotics
    ROBOT 6200 / CS 6370 / ME EN 6225 : Motion Planning
    CS 6320: Computer Vision
    ROBOT 6400 / ECE 6654 / BME 6440: Neural Engineering & NeuroRobotics

    Students choosing to take project-intensive courses to fulfill the project requirement may need to take additional approved courses to reach the 18 credit hour minimum to complete the certificate.