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    Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science I

    As taught in: Fall 2009

    Photograph of a mobile robot.

    In the design labs, students learn about control systems, circuits, program design, and other EECS topics by working with mobile robots. (Photograph by the course instructors.)

    Instructors:

    Prof. Leslie Kaelbling

    Prof. Harold Abelson

    Prof. Dennis Freeman

    Prof. Tomás Lozano-Pérez

    Prof. Jacob White

    MIT Course Number:

    6.01

    Level:

    Undergraduate

    Course Features

    Course Description

    6.01 explores fundamental ideas in electrical engineering and computer science, in the context of working with mobile robots. Key engineering principles, such as abstraction and modularity, are applied in the design of computer programs, electronic circuits, discrete-time controllers, and noisy and/or uncertain systems.