Autonomous Systems Courses and Certifications

Discovering Autonomous Systems

6 ratings at Udacity

Autonomous system is one of the highest-impact, most in-demand skills. In this lesson, we'll introduce you to the fundamental concepts and terms that you'll need to step into this amazing world.

• Udacity
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Career Certificate

Foundations of Autonomous Systems

41 ratings at Coursera

Model autonomous systems with state-space representations, timed and hybrid automata, specify requirements in linear temporal logic, and verify and synthesize controllers using Lyapunov theory and model checking.

• Coursera
• 16 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Modeling of Autonomous Systems

25 ratings at Coursera

Model autonomous and cyber-physical systems using state-space equations, timed and hybrid automata, and transition systems, then analyze system behaviors and parallel, serial, and feedback compositions.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

IIT Bombay;  NPTEL

Introduction to Autonomous Systems

Introduces the behavioral patterns and synthesis of autonomous intelligent systems through AI, real-time systems, reasoning, search, learning, and game theory.

• Swayam
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Perception Algorithms for Autonomous Systems

Learn how autonomous platforms perceive environments by combining radar, cameras, lidar, and other sensors for tracking, fusion, and target classification.

• Swayam
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Building Safe and Reliable Autonomous Systems

A discussion of techniques for making autonomous systems safe and reliable in high-stakes applications.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SNIAVideo

The Path to Autonomous Storage Systems - Challenges and Solutions

Discover breakthrough research in autonomous storage systems, exploring dynamic workload adaptation, efficiency optimization, and performance management for next-generation storage hierarchies.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

DevConf

Human-Like Behavior in Autonomous Systems

Explore how autonomous systems can incorporate human-like behaviors such as trust, honesty, and fairness through predictive digital twins and dynamic safety mechanisms.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AI for Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics

74 ratings at Coursera

Explore how machine learning drives autonomy: reinforcement learning, object detection, motion planning, and state estimation and localization in self-driving cars, drones, and industrial robots.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Autonomous Vehicle Engineering

92 ratings at Coursera

Explore autonomous vehicle and flight technologies: manage big data, model and simulate mechatronic systems, and develop specifications for safe autonomous aerospace systems, with electro-hydraulic actuator case studies.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Cognitive Robotics

Program a cognitive robot step by step: Markov decision processes, multi-agent and temporal planning, monitoring hidden state, flexible-time execution, and risk-bounded reasoning over continuous state.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Verification and Synthesis of Autonomous Systems

13 ratings at Coursera

Verify autonomous systems against stability and ω-regular properties using Lyapunov theory, reachability analysis, barrier certificates and model checking, then synthesize LTL controllers via abstraction and refinement.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Requirement Specifications for Autonomous Systems

12 ratings at Coursera

Formally specify autonomous system requirements: prove stability with Lyapunov's theorem, over-approximate reachable sets using zonotopes, and build NFAs, Büchi automata, and linear temporal logic formulae.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Autonomous Mobile Robots

11 ratings at edX

Basic concepts and algorithms for locomotion, perception, and intelligent navigation.

• edX
• 15 weeks, 4-8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Drone Systems and Control

Explore drone autonomy through 6-DoF modeling, Kalman filtering, autopilot design, path planning, obstacle avoidance, trajectory tracking, SLAM, and Sim2Real.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course