Self-Study

Putting together a solid mechatronics education within the confines of Rutgers B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.

Resources primarily from MIT OCW and CMU RI.

High-level topics

• Mechanical Engineering
• Control Theory
• Computer Science
• Machine Learning
• Mathematics

The Plan

MAE Dept.

• Rutgers MAE361: Mechatronics
• Rutgers MAE401: Dynamic Systems and Controls

CS Dept.

• Rutgers CS205: Discrete I
• Rutgers CS440: Intro to AI
• Rutgers CS206: Discrete II
• Rutgers CS461: ML Principles
• Rutgers CS460: Intro to Computational Robotics

Robotics

• MIT 6.4210: Robotic Manipulation (Russ Tedrake)
• MIT 6.8210: Underactuated Robotics (Russ Tedrake)
• MIT 2.74/2.740: Underactuated Robotics

Someday

Books

• Lynch and Park's Modern Robotics
• Murray et al.'s A Mathematical Introduction to Robotic Manipulation
• Thrun et al.'s Probabilistic Robotics

Programs

• Drake
• Isaac Sim

I don't know where I'll find the time to do all this stuff, but it can't hurt to try.

Updated 5/1/25