Video and Webinar Series

Robotics Education

Learn how to use MATLAB and Simulink with platforms like VEX Robotics, LEGO and other educational robotics kits. MathWorks experts share knowledge on elementary concepts in robotics for beginners.

Learn how you can use MATLAB and Simulink to teach robotics for primary and secondary schools, using both simulation and low-cost educational hardware.

Learning Robotics with MATLAB and Simulink

Learn how you can use MATLAB and Simulink to teach robotics for primary and secondary schools, using both simulation and low-cost educational hardware.

Use Add-On Explorer in MATLAB to install a hardware support package.

Installing Hardware Support Packages for MATLAB and Simulink

Use Add-On Explorer in MATLAB to install a hardware support package.

Learn how to create a model of an algebraic equation in Simulink.

Simulink Quick Start for Student Competition Teams

Learn how to create a model of an algebraic equation in Simulink.

Learn basic Stateflow terminology and functionality, as well as the workflow to design and simulate a simple state diagram.

Stateflow Quick Start for Student Competition Teams

Learn basic Stateflow terminology and functionality, as well as the workflow to design and simulate a simple state diagram.

Learn how to program LEGO robots using Simulink to complete tasks such as dead reckoning, line following, obstacle avoidance, and path navigation.

Learn to Program LEGO Robots Using Simulink

Learn how to program LEGO robots using Simulink to complete tasks such as dead reckoning, line following, obstacle avoidance, and path navigation.

Learn to use Simulink external mode with VEX Cortex Microcontroller to acquire and log sensor data over a serial USB connection.

Debugging of VEX Simulink Models Using External Mode

Learn to use Simulink external mode with VEX Cortex Microcontroller to acquire and log sensor data over a serial USB connection.

Get started using Simulink to program the VEX EDR V5 Robot brain and learn how to program arcade and tank robot controls.

Getting Started with Simulink and VEX EDR V5

Get started using Simulink to program the VEX EDR V5 Robot brain and learn how to program arcade and tank robot controls.

Learn about the different programming approaches available for VEX V5 Smart motors through a series of Simulink demonstrations.

Programming VEX EDR V5 Smart Motors Using Simulink

Learn about the different programming approaches available for VEX V5 Smart motors through a series of Simulink demonstrations.

Get started with using Simulink to program mobile robots by taking advantage of pre-built virtual environments to develop and test robot algorithms.

Simulating Mobile Robotics Using Virtual Worlds

Get started with using Simulink to program mobile robots by taking advantage of pre-built virtual environments to develop and test robot algorithms.

Program Autonomous and Driver Control modes that are triggered by either the VEX Robotics Competition Switch or Gamepad using MATLAB and Simulink.

Switching Between Driver and Autonomous Control of VEX Robots

Program Autonomous and Driver Control modes that are triggered by either the VEX Robotics Competition Switch or Gamepad using MATLAB and Simulink.

Learn how to program robots that use infrared sensors to navigate environments by detecting obstacles, following lines and deriving distance traveled.

Using Infrared Sensors for Robot Navigation

Learn how to program robots that use infrared sensors to navigate environments by detecting obstacles, following lines and deriving distance traveled.

Learn how to program vision sensors to be integrated into robot autonomy algorithms such as object tracking and automatic object grasping.

Using Vision Sensors for Robot Autonomy

Learn how to program vision sensors to be integrated into robot autonomy algorithms such as object tracking and automatic object grasping.

Learn how top student teams used Simulink to gain competitive advantages when programming robots for the 2017 season of the BEST Robotics competition.

BEST Simulink Design Award Winners 2017

Learn how top student teams used Simulink to gain competitive advantages when programming robots for the 2017 season of the BEST Robotics competition.

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