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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

The Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown programme by edX revolutionises the life of the participants who take up this course as it combines both AI and autonomous movement of the vehicles. This course gives elaborate steps from the start to finish of scaling the self-driving cars. The software and hardware that are used in this car making will be also taught by the tutors of this course from ETHx.

Video lectures and course materials are given to the learners to gain knowledge about the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown course. To sharpen the knowledge gained, students are given assignments and tests. Discussion forums are also conducted to clear the doubts regarding the syllabus and course content.

The edX offers both audit and verified track. Students can pursue the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown online course for free of cost or as a paid course. The paid or verified track offers them with a verified certificate which has the signature of the instructors and the logo of the ETH Zurich on the bottom right corner and top right corner of the certificate respectively. They are also given coupons, scholarships, and financial assistance to pursue the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown certification course.

This particular course on edX has 2 tracks namely audit and verified which may be opted by a candidate for enrolling. Both the tracks have a self-paced mode but the audit track offers only limited access to the course materials without any cost, and shares no certificate of completion. The verified track on the other hand offers unlimited access thereby offering a certification only if the candidates are interested in paying some money.

The Highlights

Online programme
Course from ETH Zurich
Video transcripts available in English
Shareable certificate
9 week course duration
Verified certificate from ETHx
Instructor led course
Course Language
Only 4 to 10 hours per week required
Instructors from ETHx

Programme Offerings

videos lectures
Discussion Forums
activities
assignments
quizzes

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 4162	yes	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

The audit track students of the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown course given by edX will not receive a verified certificate even if they have a passing score.
Candidates who require a verified certificate can upgrade themselves to the verified track by following a single step of payment of certification fee which is Rs. 4,162 only.

Fee category	Amount in INR
Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown Certification fee	Rs. 4,162

Note: The users can visit the website to check for some coupons. This coupon can be used by them to earn some discounts upon the certification fee.

Eligibility Criteria

Work Experience

All the participants who are interested in learning this concept can join the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown course by edX. The details regarding the work experience of the candidates is not given in the website. Please check the website in future for more information.

Education

The course does not require any specific educational qualification to attend this course. Willing participants shall take up the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown online course and earn a certificate.

Certification Qualifying Details

The students need to complete the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown course successfully so that they can earn a certificate which is verified and has the logo of the ETH Zurich along with the signature of the instructors from the same institution. Kindly check the website for more details as it will be updated soon.

What you will learn

Knowledge of engineering

After completing the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown programme given by edX, the learners will gain knowledge in the following concepts

Programming the Duckie Boys which is used to navigate the car in road lanes of a city will be done by the candidates on their own.
The techniques based on computer vision are learnt and used by the candidates to model the self-driving cars with rubber –duckies and pedestrians obstacles as a part of the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown syllabus.
Candidates can make their Duckiebot to drive in paths specified by the user.
The robot subsystems such as memory, computation, sensing etc. and their functions are learnt and recognised by the candidates under the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown course.
Understanding the method to command a robot to reach the desired position.
As a part of the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown certification benefits, the candidates will grab the art of making their Duckiebot to take decisions autonomously according to modern and traditional approaches.
The knowledge to set up the software environment related to robotics such as Python, Docker are also gained by the students.
The learners will be able to program their Duckiebot to drive safely by recognising and avoiding obstacles in road lanes under the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown course by edX.

Who it is for

The following candidates who want to attend the course by edX shall join the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown programme.

This course is for all the students who would like to build their career in this field and can take up this programme and get a certification.

Admission Details

The Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown course offered by edX can be learnt by the users by completing the steps given below.

Step 1: The users should go to the link https://www.edx.org/course/self-driving-cars-with-duckietown to register the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown course.

Step 2: To join the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown course, the candidates should have an account in edX. Using the email or Facebook or Google account, they can create a new edX account and sign in.

Step 3: The existing users can directly sign into the account with the registered mail id and password. If they forgot the password, they can reset it by clicking on the “Forgot password”.

Step 4: Then search the course by its name or check the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown training list. Select the desired course and click “Enroll”.

Step 5: Then they will be enrolled in the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown.

Step 6: The candidates who just enrolled, will first pursue the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown programme as an audit track.

Step 7: The users can change to the verified track later by clicking “Upgrade to verified track”. Then they will get a verified certificate from ETHx.

Step 8: The users can also avail offers and discounts on the certification fee by applying the coupons if given in the website of edX.

Step 9: After the successful payment completion, the candidates are enrolled to the verified track of the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown certification course. They will be issued a certificate once when they complete the course.

The Syllabus

Welcome to the course, by Prof. Emilio Frazzoli
You will familiarize yourself with the logistics and navigation interface of the course resources
You will start a learning journey in the world of robot autonomy with Duckietown

The potentials and challenges
Levels of autonomy
The vision for autonomous vehicles (AVs)
Activities: You will set up your learning environment, and your Duckiebot, and make your first challenge submission

Making a robot
Sensorimotor architectures
Stateful architectures
Logical and physical architectures
Application: You will create a reactive "Braitenberg" agent to avoid duckies and see how your agent compares to other submissions

Introduction to control systems
Representations and models
PID control
Application: You will design an odometry function and PID controller to command your Duckiebot's angular velocity

Introduction to projective geometry
Camera modeling and calibration
Image processing
Application: You will develop image processing techniques necessary for visual lane servoing - controlling your Duckiebot to drive within markings

Introduction to neural networks
Convolutional neural networks
One and two-stage object detection
Application: You will train a convolutional neural network (CNN) to detect duckies and integrate your model with ROS to run onboard your Duckiebot and avoid duckies

Bayes filtering framework
Parameterized methods (Kalman filter)
Sampling-based methods (particle and histogram filter)
Application: You will build a state estimation algorithm combining the dynamics and sensor data of your Duckiebot in order to predict its pose as it travels through the world

Formalization of the planning problem
Application: You will create a collision checker to determine if your Duckiebot is crashing into an obstacle

Graphs
Graph search algorithms
Application: You will tackle a variety of path-planning challenges and leverage all the skills you've built thus far to navigate your Duckiebot in a variety of simulated environments

Markov decision processes
Value functions
Policy gradients
Domain randomization
Application: You will explore the capabilities and limitations of reinforcement learning models when applied to real-world robotics tasks such as lane following

Evaluation process

There is no exam required to join this course. The candidates can go through the website to get more information about this. This course is for all the students who would like to learn this concept.

Instructors

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Will the candidates get a certificate in the audit track even if they have a passing mark?

The certificate is provided only to the students who have registered for the verified track of the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown programme. The candidates of this track will earn a verified certificate on having a passing mark.

2: Will the candidates from all the regions take up the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown training?

No, the candidates from Iran, Cuba, and the Crimea regions of Ukraine cannot take the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown online course due to some issue in license. edX is currently working on this issue and it regrets this problem.

3: What kind of subject knowledge may be required for the candidates?

Computer science subject is related to this course. This is not compulsory required knowledge for the students who are attending the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown course.

4: Is this course a self –paced?

No, this course is not self-paced on the candidate’s time. It is a scheduled course led by the instructor of this course.

5: Is this course an online programme?

Of course, this is an online programme which requires a device like smartphones, laptops or computer etc. with a good internet connection with the device.

6: What will be the maximum time line for this course?

The maximum timeline is the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown course duration which is 10 weeks. The participants will need to put effort only 4 to 10 hours per week to complete the topics taken for that week.

7: Can the students share the certificate?

Yes, the students can share their verified certificate which is earned by them at the successful completion of the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown online course with a good score.

8: Do the audit track students get assignments?

The assignments are given to all the students but the grade of those assignments are calculated and taken for the final score only when the students are changed to the verified track of the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown certification course.

9: What does a verified certificate mean?

The certificate which is given to the candidates at the end of the Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown training is verified by the student’s identification through webcam or mobile phone camera and photo on identification card.

10: What is the purpose of the certificate?

The Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown certificate offered by edX has more value. This can be directly posted on platforms like LinkedIn or add it to the resume or CV to grab plenty of job opportunities or to get salary hike or promotion.