ETH Zurich open-sources full 2026 robot learning course: 12 weeks, VLA models, free
Syntetisaattori · x · 2026-09-06
ETH Zurich has open-sourced its entire Spring 2026 'Robot Learning: From Fundamentals to Foundation Models' course, taught by Oier Mees. All slides, lecture recordings, coding assignments and the GitHub repo are free with no signup.
- 12 weeks progressing from imitation learning and RL to Vision-Language-Action models and robotics foundation models
- Guest lectures from Physical Intelligence's co-founder, the creator of Diffusion Policy, Pieter Abbeel, and Dieter Fox
- Grading: paper presentations 20%, coding assignments 40%, final project 40%
- Weekly lecture plus student-led paper discussions and Thursday practice sessions
Course GitHub: mees-robot-learning-course/ethz-course-2026.
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