Course

Robotics

Embodied AI, from the industrial arm to the humanoid

Understanding robotics from end to end: its history, how it works, its platforms, its economics, its risks and its future.

7 modules ~81 min read Open to all, no prerequisites

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Progress

The path

From Vaucanson's duck to industrial humanoids: for a long time the robot repeated a program; now it is starting to learn.

A robot combines a body, sensors, actuators, control, planning and learning in an unpredictable physical world.

Industry, logistics, humanoids, drones, health, agriculture, autonomous vehicles and open source: a map of the field.

Japanese gearboxes, Chinese rare earths, American brains, French open source: the strategic geography of robots.

A massive industry, an uncertain but well-funded humanoid market, demographic shortages and new fleet jobs.

A robotic risk has a unique property: it sometimes weighs dozens of kilos and moves through the real world.

VLA models, mass-produced humanoids, the home, robotaxis, robotic warfare and the geopolitics of bodies.

7 modules, readable in order or separately. No unnecessary jargon, always sourced.