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Robotic Manipulation (course code)

  • Software
  • Robot arms and industry
  • Library

Companion software for the Robotic Manipulation textbook on perception, planning, and control, used in an MIT robotics course. Documentation is published online.

Source on GitHub: github.com/RussTedrake/manipulation (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 0381004 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE.TXT (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit 0381004 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Provides code that accompanies the Robotic Manipulation course notes for MIT 6.421.
  • Online code documentation is available alongside the textbook.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 0381004.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
14 Oct 2026 on master
Latest release
Fall 2022 (16 Jan 2023)

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

Robots that can run it

No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.

Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.