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Self-Study
Here are some of my favorite resources in my quest of assembling a solid mechatronics education within the confines of a Rutgers B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
Compendium on Robotic Locomotion
Compendium on Robotic Actuators
Open-Source Hardware Bible (WIP)
Course Notes
Not all lectures are complete as I occasionally switch to paper notes.
| Link to my notes | Lecture Progress |
|---|---|
| Stanford CS229 Au. '18 | 02/20 |
| MIT Underactuated Robotics Sp. '24 | 01/24 |
| DeepMind x UCL RL '21 | 00/13 |
| MIT OCW Diff. Eq. 18.03SC Fa. '11 | 00/33 |
| MIT CS 6.S184 FM & Diffusion '25 | 00/06 |
| The Art and Science of PCB Design '25 | 00/19 |
If you take digital notes, consider providing them to your fellow students! See this blog post for more info.
Resources
- Dynos for Dummies, Aditya Mehrotra
- Engineer's Guide to Technical Writing, Kenneth Budinski
- Class Resources for MIT 2.74 Bioinspired Robotics
- Lectures for Stanford CS229 ML (Autumn 2018)
- The Mundanity of Excellence, Daniel F. Chambliss
- Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design
Robotics
- MIT 6.4210: Robotic Manipulation (Russ Tedrake)
- MIT 6.8210: Underactuated Robotics (Russ Tedrake)
- MIT 2.74/2.740: Underactuated Robotics
Books
- Lynch and Park's Modern Robotics
- Murray et al.'s A Mathematical Introduction to Robotic Manipulation
- Thrun et al.'s Probabilistic Robotics
Programs
Past Success
- HKUST ELEC5660: Introduction to Aerial Robots (lost notes)
Class 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
General Interests
- Mechanical Engineering
- Control Theory
- Computer Science
- Machine Learning
- Mathematics
Updated 5/1/25