Robotic Arm Engineering — Learning Path

• Teaching approach: start with a small toy arm URDF (easy math + debugging), then teach the same concept side-by-side on the Franka Panda.
• Notes: the core math references live in Notes/ and are mapped by page number in docs/Notes Index.md.

Quick Links

• docs/Plan.md
• docs/Notes Index.md
• docs/Module 1 _ ROS2 Workspace, Simulation, and Arm Model.md
• docs/Module 2 _ Joint Control, Calibration, and Forward Kinematics.md
• docs/Module 3 _ Inverse Kinematics, Trajectories, and Dynamics Basics.md
• docs/Module 4 _ MoveIt 2 Planning and Collision Avoidance.md
• docs/Module 5 _ Pick and Place with Fixed Targets.md
• docs/Module 6 _ RGB-D Perception, Calibration, and Scene Mapping.md
• docs/Module 7 _ Failure Recovery, Logging, and Evaluation.md
• docs/Module 8 _ Robot Learning and Language-to-Action Tasking.md

Notes PDFs

• Notes/part_1_kinematics.pdf
• Notes/part_2_dynamics.pdf
• Notes/part_3_motion.pdf