Stanford & MIT publish 'Principles of Robot Autonomy' textbook, free online and in print
GioeleZardini · x · 2026-11-13
Researchers at Stanford and MIT have published Principles of Robot Autonomy, a new textbook bridging classical robotics and modern AI, available in print and free online. It grew out of the course Marco Pavone (MIT PhD alum, Stanford professor) has taught since 2017, co-authored with four lab alumni including MIT assistant professor Gioele Zardini (LIDS). At MIT, Zardini uses the material in courses 1.104 and 1.144, teaching students to reason compositionally about complex system design. The accompanying photo shows students debugging a small wheeled robot in the lab.
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