Underactuated Robotics (course code)
- Software
- Humanoids and robot learning
- Library
Companion software for the Underactuated Robotics textbook, covering algorithms for walking, running, swimming, flying, and manipulation.
Source on GitHub: github.com/RussTedrake/underactuated (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit c137f57 (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 c137f57 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides the code that accompanies the Underactuated Robotics course notes from MIT 6.832.
- Covers control and planning algorithms for underactuated robots such as walkers, runners, swimmers, and flyers.
- Includes algorithms for robotic manipulation alongside the locomotion topics.
- Serves as the software companion to the online textbook it links to.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit c137f57.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 11 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- 2024-03-24 (24 Mar 2024)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
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.