ENGR 870 Robot Controls

Exciting Robotics Course, Back by Popular Demand this Fall 2025!

A hands-on robotics course on applied control techniques. The course will emphasize solving key areas of robot control for manipulators that can translate to the field of automation/robotic engineering. The course topics include:

  • fundamentals of robotics,
  • methods of robot control,
  • feedback linearization,
  • passivity-based control,
  • Lyapunov design methods,
  • robot dynamics
  • and motion planning.

Robotics is fun, rewarding, and simply just way too cool to pass up!

Why interested students should take it?

  • ENGR 870 will apply towards 3 units for the following programs.
  • BS Upper-Division Elective for ME, EE, and CompE programs.
  • MS EECS & ME Elective.
  • Also, SF State Scholars in EE, CompE, and ME.

Obtain new engineering skills and practical concepts to compete in acquiring Bay Area employment (100+ robotic and automation companies). Robot hardware will be introduced for a hands-on experience to apply theory into practice.

Prerequisite: Graduate engineering student status. Undergraduate engineering students can enroll with having a grade B or better for the following course: ENGR 447. Undergrads would ask for instructor consent.

Lecture: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11-12:15pm

Contact: Dr. Quintero (qdavid@sfsu.edu) for questions and to obtain permit codes

School of Engineering ENGR 870 Robot Control Promotional Flyer for Spring 2024