ECE 38001
Signals and Systems
When offeredFall, Winter
Robotics connection
Laplace and Fourier transforms. Fundamental to many robotics algorithms.
Courses
Build a robotics path across engineering, computing, and intelligent systems.
Academic pathways
Learn robotics from every angle.
Robotics brings mechanics, electronics, computation, and autonomy together. Use this collection as a starting point, and confirm schedules and prerequisites in the current BYU catalog before registering.
ECE 42402
Computer Systems
When offeredWinter
Robotics connection
An understanding of how computers work at a deep level is essential to developing real-world robotic systems.
ECE 42503
Real-time Operating Systems
When offeredFall
Robotics connection
At the lowest level, robots require a real-time operating system.
ECE 483 / ME 43104
Feedback Control
When offeredFall, Winter
Robotics connection
Robot motion is enabled by feedback controllers that use actuators to act on sensor data.
ME 33005
Mechatronics
When offeredFall, Winter
Robotics connection
Design and build a robotic system that accomplishes a task.
ME 33506
Dynamic Systems Modeling
When offeredFall, Winter
Robotics connection
Develop models of mechanical systems.
ME 41507
Flight Vehicle Design
When offeredFall
Robotics connection
Vehicle design for aircraft and rockets.
ME 43708
Kinematics
When offeredWinter
Robotics connection
Modeling of mechanical systems.
CS 24009
Advanced Programming
When offeredFall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Robotics connection
This is where you will learn to program.
CS 41210
Convex Optimization
When offeredUnknown
Robotics connection
Optimization techniques are used extensively in robotics.
CS 45011
Computer Vision
When offeredWinter
Robotics connection
Introduction to vision with a focus on image processing.
CS 45512
Computer Graphics
When offeredFall
Robotics connection
The math in this class is closely related to that used in robotics.
CS 47013
Artificial Intelligence
When offeredFall
Robotics connection
Introduction to techniques that are widely used in robotics.
CS 47214
Machine Learning
When offeredFall, Winter
Robotics connection
Neural networks are extensively used in robotics.
CS 47415
Deep Learning
When offeredFall
Robotics connection
Deep learning techniques are extensively used in robotics.
ME 53316
Autonomous Systems
When offeredFall, odd years
Robotics connection
Probabilistic robotics.
ME 53417
Dynamics of Mechanical Systems
When offeredWinter
Robotics connection
Euler-Lagrange modeling techniques.
ME 53718
Robotics - Kinematics, Dynamics, Control
When offeredFall
Robotics connection
Robotic manipulators.
ME 57019
Software Development
When offeredFall
Robotics connection
Take this if you are a graduate student and did not take CS 240.
ME 57520
Optimization
When offeredWinter
Robotics connection
Optimization techniques are used extensively in robotics.
ECE 63121
Robotic Vision
When offeredWinter
Robotics connection
Vision applied to robotic systems.
ECE 67022
Stochastic Processes
When offeredFall
Robotics connection
Mathematical tools used extensively in robotics.
ECE 67123
Math of Signals and Systems
When offeredFall
Robotics connection
Mathematical tools used extensively in robotics.
ECE 67224
Detection and Estimation
When offeredWinter
Robotics connection
Estimation techniques, including an introduction to Kalman filtering.
ECE 674 / ME 63425
Flight Dynamics and Control
When offeredWinter
Robotics connection
Build a complete UAV simulation including control, Kalman filtering, and path planning.
ECE 682R26
Vision Based Flight of Multirotors
When offeredSpring
Robotics connection
Both control and vision for multirotors.
ECE 773 / ME 73327
Linear Systems Theory
When offeredWinter, odd years
Robotics connection
Linear control techniques including LQR and LQR/LTR.
ECE 774 / ME 73428
Nonlinear Systems Theory
When offeredWinter, even years
Robotics connection
Nonlinear control techniques.
CS 51329
Robust Control
When offeredWinter
Robotics connection
Control techniques used to maneuver robots.
CS 650R30
Advanced Computer Vision
When offeredFall, Winter
Robotics connection
Unknown
CS 65131
Computational Inference and Recognition in Visual Domains
When offeredUnknown
Robotics connection
Unknown
CS 67132
Multi-Agent Systems
When offeredUnknown
Robotics connection
Theory of multi-robot teams.
CS 67433
Advanced Deep Learning
When offeredWinter
Robotics connection
Unknown
CS 67734
Bayesian Methods in Computer Science
When offeredSpring
Robotics connection
Mathematical techniques used extensively in robotics.