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About the Course

Welcome to Introduction to Self-Driving Cars, the first course in University of Toronto’s Self-Driving Cars Specialization. This course will introduce you to the terminology, design considerations and safety assessment of self-driving cars. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Understand commonly used hardware used for self-driving cars - Identify the main components of the self-driving software stack - Program vehicle modelling and control - Analyze the safety frameworks and current industry practices for vehicle development For the final project in this course, you will develop control code to navigate a self-driving car around a racetrack in the CARLA simulation environment. You will construct longitudinal and lateral dynamic models for a vehicle and create controllers that regulate speed and path tracking performance using Python. You’ll test the limits of your control design and learn the challenges inherent in driving at the limit of vehicle performance. This is an advanced course, intended for learners with a background in mechanical engineering, computer and electrical engineering, or robotics. To succeed in this course, you should have programming experience in Python 3.0, familiarity with Linear Algebra (matrices, vectors, matrix multiplication, rank, Eigenvalues and vectors and inverses), Statistics (Gaussian probability distributions), Calculus and Physics (forces, moments, inertia, Newton's Laws). You will also need certain hardware and software specifications in order to effectively run the CARLA simulator: Windows 7 64-bit (or later) or Ubuntu 16.04 (or later), Quad-core Intel or AMD processor (2.5 GHz or faster), NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series card or higher, 8 GB RAM, and OpenGL 3 or greater (for Linux computers)....

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PS

Jul 29, 2021

This is a great course and also a demanding course for future of automobile industry. This course teachs me a lot about the control system of the car which is used in the autonomous control unit.

AP

Jul 27, 2020

This introduction course really helped me recalling all my basic learning. Really appreciate the Professor. It will definitely help me for enhancing my skills in the field of autonomous driving.

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By Pushpendra S

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Jul 30, 2021

This is a great course and also a demanding course for future of automobile industry. This course teachs me a lot about the control system of the car which is used in the autonomous control unit.

By Alok P

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Jul 28, 2020

This introduction course really helped me recalling all my basic learning. Really appreciate the Professor. It will definitely help me for enhancing my skills in the field of autonomous driving.

By 2K19/AE/025 H P

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Oct 26, 2022

Really Insightfull, Covers al parameters and gives you complete knowledge Really Recommended to anyone out there wanna take a good technical approach to Introduction to Self driving Cars

By #THAN D H

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Nov 28, 2023

The course is very helpful! It gives a good big picture overview and the hands-on lab forces the student to understand what is truly happening under the hood at a foundational level

By Burak C

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Sep 15, 2021

It has been a fun journey learning about autonomous car control and other concepts like equipments used in these systems, safety regulations and kinematic and dynamic modelling.

By Matthew B

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Jan 16, 2021

Well paced and easy to follow. Though I was familiar with the concepts already, I still learned quite a bit. The final project was a perfect complement to the modules covered.

By Conrado P

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Jan 23, 2022

Really interesting and helpfull. In my case, still being a mechanical engineer, i had to study a lot, particullary programming with Python, because i've used other softwares.

By Caio B

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Feb 18, 2022

Excellent! One of the best courses we have. I would highly recommend this. It is important to read the additional material as well. Do not take only the course for granted.

By Niket L

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Nov 19, 2020

One of the best course in the present time. Gain lot of insight over the lateral and longitudinal movements of the vehicle. Looking forward for the further specialization.

By Naren B

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Feb 17, 2019

This is really a good course to have an overview of self-driving cars development knowledge with great contents and project. Thank you so much for designing this course.

By Ayan C

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Jun 14, 2020

Wonderful course. A bit advanced but since I have worked in ADAS it was a little easy for me. The quizzes were challenging and helped me understand the concepts better.

By RAKESH

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Sep 1, 2019

Great learning experience with a lot of references and nicely designed projects to learn from. Look forward to diving deeper into the complete Self Driving Cars course.

By RIDDHISH K

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Jun 22, 2020

Splendid course indeed!!! This course lets you know right from the basics concepts of self driving car and gradually teaches you complex stuffs !! It helped me a lot!!

By Milind S

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Aug 27, 2020

Absolutely amazing course, the instructor's explaination is very good. Definitely recommend the course to those who wish to explore the domain of self driving cars.

By Yash B

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Dec 30, 2020

Learnt a lot of new stuff related to Controls, Safety, etc. Professors have provided a great and easy-to-understand explanation of various concepts in this course.

By Mohamed J

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Jan 1, 2022

I understand the reviews saying that it is a bit advanced but in my opinion the level is adapted and the instructor is going step by step. I recommend this course

By Nikhil P

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May 20, 2020

Great course!

offered conceptual understanding to the various concepts and later on hand on training to the modeling of vehicle controller with guided content.

By SALVADOR A G

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Sep 5, 2020

Very challenging and complete course for the undestanding and development of Autonommous Vehicles. Glady surprised with the quality and level of engineering.

By Walt O

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Oct 15, 2022

It is quite complex for beginners, but excellent for intermediate and experts, really enjoyed it and I go back from time to time to rewatch some concepts.

By DIPICA K T

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Sep 15, 2020

This course has offered a great foundation to self driving cars,all the assignments and projects were useful and tested our understanding in that concept.

By Shumaila A

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Jun 4, 2020

very comprehensive and well delivered. I was able to revisit many of my engineering concepts not only revising them but reinforcing the understanding too.

By Karthik B K

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Jun 2, 2019

Exceptional Advanced Course that also provides the subtle basic nudges for everyone to comprehend as well. Really Delighted on taking this Course.

By Yoel R C

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Oct 30, 2019

Really good content. Even real stuff used auto industry. Forums not that good but I liked it a lot in general. Looking forward to the next one.

By HAYTOUMI A

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Feb 14, 2021

This is course is very strong, there are a lot of information, I like and i 'am proud of it especially because it is my first course in coursera

By chaitanya j

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Dec 27, 2021

It was very nice experience. I had learned many new concepts through this course. The reading material provided by this course is really worth.