Futures: Advanced Robotics with JavaScript

Learn to program robots while learning the popular JavaScript language in order to prepare for the careers of the future.

 

We will review robotics concepts and JavaScript, and then explore the challenges of programming in the real world. Students will use the popular coding language JavaScript to write programs to make robots interact with the world in meaningful ways. Students will learn to process sensor data including images from a camera. Students may also choose to participate in hands-on activities including programming an Arduino compatible bot and building basic electronic circuits. This course builds on the skills acquired in Intermediate Robotics with JavaScript.

What You Will Learn

Students in Futures: Advanced Robotics with JavaScript will:

• Prepare for future advances in robotics which may affect the economy and employment
• Learn basic electronics by adding drivers and sensors to the cardboard bot from the previous course
• Learn about machine vision including OpenCV-JS open-source computer vision JavaScript library
• Learn to perform position localization
• Become familiar with classical and modern AI methods

Return to the Futures website here. 

Note: Participants must complete this course series in order, earning a passing grade in each course before enrolling in the next one.

Course Number: CSE-90104
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)

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3/31/2025 - 6/8/2025

$350

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• SECTION ID:

  184204

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Ruival, Laura

  Laura Ruival is a software engineer with 15 years of software development experience. She took her first HTML class at UCSD as an undergraduate in 1996 and was hooked. Since graduating she has continued to learn everything she can about coding while pursuing a career as a web developer and software engineer. She has taken numerous classes at UCSD Extension including VB.Net and iOS Programming with Swift. She recently completed the iOS Programming with Swift certification at UCSD Extended Studies and earned the App Dev with Swift Certified User certification from Certiport in October of 2021. After taking a break from the corporate world to have children, she decided that she was ready to give back to the schools and organizations that helped her achieve her goals and career aspiratio...Read More

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Newton, James

  James Newton is a professional embedded-systems engineer specializing in robotics and data logging. Although James is self-taught and holds no degrees, his communications and collaborative skills have always led to meaningful employment and association. James’ deep love of making and teaching led him to join a small volunteer group that brought Maker Faires to San Diego starting in 2013. This Makers Guild has continued to provide James with an outlet for volunteer work, activities and events geared toward teaching people of all ages the technical skills required to make interesting things. James started with UC San Diego Extension in 2018 by teaching an introductory course for the Program Your Future program. He hopes to continue similar activities as time allows.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No information available at this time.

• POLICIES:

  Early enrollment advised.
  No UCSD parking permit required.
  No visitors permitted.
  Pre-enrollment required.
  No refunds after: 3/24/2025.
  Prerequisite required.
  

• NOTE:

  Futures: Intermediate Robotics with JavaScript is a prerequisite for Futures: Advanced Robotics with JavaScript.

• DATE & LOCATION:

  3/31/2025 - 6/8/2025
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.