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Experience the same education as the world’s best engineering colleges, for free, and get support from our international community of learners, professionals and professors

Learn robot autonomy with Duckietown

Want to learn autonomy.. in autonomy? You might be a Makademic! Makademics are a fusion of “makers” and “academics” who want to learn and build on their own, outside of an educational institution, and also want a deep understanding of why and how things are working (yes, we just made this up).

 

Students discussing holding Duckiebots (DB17)
This 2018 Duckietown student became a Professor at MIT, in Boston, in 2023
This 2019 Duckietown student is now a senior research engineer at Motional, a self-driving car company, in Boston in 2021

You can learn about robotics and AI by using all of the course materials we have to offer, at your own pace.

We created an online course to get your learning adventure in Duckietown started. 

Gain access to a unique hands-on learning experience, and an international community to bounce off ideas with.

We recommend you consider getting a Duckietown, Duckiebot, and/or Duckiedrone for an even more effective learning experience. 

All Duckietown hardware is designed to work with the ecosystem resources (code, activities, exercises, simulation, etc.) out of the box, allowing you to focus on learning about modern robotics challenges right away.

This 2017 Duckietown student became a Professor at ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, in 2020
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Makademic first steps

  1. Join the Duckietown Slack and gain immediate access to the Duckietown community.

  2. Enroll in the massive open online course (MOOC) “Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown” on edX (learn more) – it is free. You will find instructions to start setting up your working environment within.

  3. Consider getting a Duckiebot MOOC starter kit to learn using real hardware.
1. Join our Slack
2. Enroll in the MOOC
3. Get the hardware

If you already have a Duckiebot, Duckiedrone, and/or Duckietown and are looking for instructions to start building and setting up your working environment: 

Start building
Teaching the Duckietown class was a wonderful experience for me and my students. The materials are great and the hands-on experience with the robot really helps reinforce the curriculum.
Matthew R. Walter, Prof.
Matthew R. Walter, Prof.Robot Intelligence through Perception Laboratory (RIPL)
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Starting from MIT CSAIL, Duckietown has grown into a global initiative that is inspiring students around the world to learn about self-driving cars, as well as the science and engineering of autonomy.
Daniela Rus, Prof.
Daniela Rus, Prof.Director, Computer Science and AI Lab (CSAIL)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The Duckietown class is the autonomous driving pie: the filling is hardcore robotics, the casing is artificial intelligence, and as a plus, you get some funny ducks on top!
Manfred Diaz
Manfred DiazPh. D. Candidate
University of Montreal
If University were like learning how to play a new instrument, where lessons are the exercises and exams the final auditions, Duckietown would be the full-blown rock concert, where you play for your fans and look to your heroes with admiration.
Gioele Zardini
Gioele ZardiniPh. D. Candidate
ETH Zurich
Duckietown was much more than just a class, it was a hands-on deep dive into hardware, software, and systems integration, and, most of all, it was a blast!
Teddy Ort, Ph. D.
Teddy Ort, Ph. D.Senior Director
Robot Perception and AI at Symbotic
Spending the summer in Duckietown at MIT made me discover a completely new world: I understood that education can be a game and learning can be fun!
Valeria Cagnina
Valeria CagninaYoung Enterpreneur
Great platform and solid e-learning experience!
Benjamin Sawicki
Benjamin SawickiCoordinator Knowledge & Technology Transfer
NCCR Automation
Highly recommended. I joined the first cohort of "Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown" and loved it.
Manuel Heredia Ortiz
Manuel Heredia OrtizVice President, PhD, Executive MBA
Airbus
Very excited to be a part of the upcoming edition of "Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown". In the last edition, my students and I enjoyed learning of many new topics with hands-on experience. All the student team had a very good experience. Amazing support by Duckietown!
Kishanprasad Gunale
Kishanprasad GunaleAssitant Professor
MIT College of Engineering, Pune
Thanks to the extraordinary learning and research platform Duckietown from ETHZurich, TTI Chicago, University of Montreal and the helpful around-the-hour support from the Duckietown core team #BFH was able to successfully introduce its BSc automotive engineering students in the exciting world of autonomous driving!
Peter Affolter, Prof.
Peter Affolter, Prof.Head of Department Automotive Engineering
Berner Fachhochschule BFH
I believe that there’s a lot of interesting research directions that come from a standardized, small scale, accessible autonomous driving platform like Duckietown.
Liam Paull, Prof.
Liam Paull, Prof.Department of Computer Science and Operations Research
Université de Montréal
All the different concepts ranging from control to localization to computer vision can be applied in Duckietown. My students like it and they learn a lot about robotics.
Francesco Maurelli, Prof.
Francesco Maurelli, Prof.Jacobs University of Bremen
In my class we go over the basics of robotics, starting with multi-agent processing or multi-process systems, like most robots are these days, and the Duckiebots are perfect for that
Paul Robinette, Prof.
Paul Robinette, Prof.Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Massachusetts Lowell
I think Duckietown is a very good education platform for teachers. We make use of the very good materials provided by Duckietown and I’m very satisfied with its implementation.
Lei Yang, Prof.
Lei Yang, Prof.Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
In engineering, true learning comes from practical implementation, and Duckietown offers that opportunity effectively.
Shima Akbari
Shima AkbariPh. D. Candidate
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
We have received large positive feedback for Duckietown from students and researchers who have used it at IIT Jodhpur, with many appreciating its entertaining and challenging nature.
Debasis Das, Prof.
Debasis Das, Prof.IIT Jodhpur
Duckietown has allowed students from different campuses of the school of computer science and telecommunications at Duoc UC to immerse themselves in the world of robotics and autonomous vehicles, Linux, ROS, and Python, in an accessible and exciting way.
Félix Donoso H., Prof.
Félix Donoso H., Prof.School of Computer Science and Telecommunications at the Duoc UC Professional Institute
I haven't found another hardware platform as good as Duckietown for my needs. It's a simple platform with a fun approach, well-documented, and with a really reactive community. Even compared to other commercial products, Duckieown stands out. It fulfills all the needs from beginners to experts.
Peter Affolter, Prof.
Peter Affolter, Prof.Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)
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