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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Foundations of TinyML for Robotics

  • Essential capabilities and limitations of TinyML
  • The role of edge AI in autonomous systems
  • Hardware considerations for mobile robots and drones

Embedded Hardware and Sensor Interfaces

  • Microcontrollers and embedded boards suited for robotics
  • Integrating cameras, IMUs, and proximity sensors
  • Managing energy and compute budgets

Data Engineering for Robotic Perception

  • Collecting and labeling data for specific robotics tasks
  • Signal and image preprocessing techniques
  • Feature extraction strategies for resource-constrained devices

Model Development and Optimization

  • Selecting architectures for perception, detection, and classification
  • Training pipelines for embedded ML
  • Model compression, quantization, and latency optimization

On-Device Perception and Control

  • Executing inference on microcontrollers
  • Fusing TinyML outputs with control algorithms
  • Ensuring real-time safety and responsiveness

Autonomous Navigation Enhancements

  • Lightweight vision-based navigation
  • Obstacle detection and avoidance strategies
  • Maintaining environmental awareness under resource constraints

Testing and Validation of TinyML-Driven Robots

  • Simulation tools and field testing methodologies
  • Performance metrics for embedded autonomy
  • Debugging processes and iterative improvement

Integration into Robotics Platforms

  • Deploying TinyML within ROS-based pipelines
  • Interfacing ML models with motor controllers
  • Maintaining reliability across different hardware variations

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of robotics system architectures.
  • Practical experience with embedded development.
  • Familiarity with core machine learning concepts.

Audience

  • Robotics engineers.
  • AI researchers.
  • Embedded developers.

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