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Electricity & electronics - Robotics, learn by building (Udemy.com)

Over 31,000 enrolled! Open career opportunities and have fun learning electronics focused on building robots/automation!

4.7

6,050 reviews

Created by: Ian Juby

Last updated January 2023

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This is module one of Ian Juby's robotics series, and it is really an analog electronics course with a robot payoff at the end. Across about 11 hours and 60 lectures, students build light flashers and sound effects, make a few components from scratch, practice soldering, and finish by reading muscle signals to turn a servo. It needs a multimeter, a soldering iron, a breadboard and parts, either bought as a kit or sourced separately. Reviewers include a mechanical engineer and a robotics engineering student.

Praise centers on the teaching. Reviewers call him calm, patient and clear, slow enough to absorb, and one likes that he shows the work rather than only describing it. A mechanical engineer said it sharpened his electronics skills. The parts list in the first section gets thanks for its detail. Complaints are few: the 1 and 2 star reviews add up to under 100 out of about 6,000. They mention unanswered Q&A questions, kits that are hard to get outside the US and Canada, and one reviewer who found the garage and whiteboard setup rough and wanted more actual robotics.

The last update was January 2023. All 60 lectures sit in a single section, so the course is one long list with no chapter breaks. It is a paid course with more than 42,000 students behind it. Start here if the goal is the full series, since later modules on digital electronics, drive systems and a 3D printer build on it. If robot kits and code are what you are after, look elsewhere.

Best forBeginners who want to solder and breadboard real circuits as step one toward building robots.

Skip it ifYou want finished robots or microcontroller coding right away; this is analog basics first.

Pros

Reviewers call the teaching calm, patient and clear, slow enough to absorb
Detailed parts and tools list in the first section, down to wire lengths
Builds real circuits, from buzzers and flashers to a muscle-controlled servo
Bestseller with about 6,050 reviews, and roughly two thirds are five stars

Cons

Q&A questions often go unanswered, which hurts a hands-on course
Kits are hard to get outside the US and Canada, so parts must be sourced
Last updated January 2023, and all 60 lectures sit in one section

Ian is a very knowledgeable instructor and explains concepts very well. I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a lot in this course.

Swapnil Gupta, a student

Suits true beginners with basic math; some prior electronics helps but is not required.

What you will learn

develop and build analog electronics circuits
you will build multiple circuits from sound buzzers to bionics where we actually control a servo motor by reading signals from your muscles

Course content

1 section · 60 lectures · 11 hours of video 2 quizzes, 1 article

1Even basic electricity can be complicated and fun 13 free previews60 lectures · 2 quizzes · 11 hours

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

Intended for beginners and those with some experience in electronics and hobby robotics

What you need before you start

Basic math skills, as well as some basic tools and electronic parts (parts & tools list is in the first lesson)

How it compares

Against the other 335 rated Udemy courses in Engineering on CourseDuck:

Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 88% of them
Reviews6,050#11 of 336 by number of reviews
Length10.8 hourslonger than 76% of them
Last updatedJanuary 2023earlier than 61% of them

Course Description

You can open all kinds of doors for advancement in so many careers with a basic understanding of electronics. Think of all of the fields and hobbies that involve electronics to some degree! This "Robotics: Learn by building" series of courses focuses on robotics - which itself is a very diverse field that has application in everything from industry, manufacturing, laboratory work, or military, even in home automation.

Updated January 2023

With over 31,000 students enrolled and more than 3,200 five star ratings, students aged 8 to 60+ have enjoyed the course and projects.

In this module 1 course, you will build electronic circuits, actually make some electronic components from scratch and use them in your circuits, learn about electricity, soldering skills, and basic analog electronics. You'll need some basic math skills and that's it! No prior knowledge of electricity of electronics is required, and yet by the end of this course you'll have built functioning electronic circuits like light flashers, sound effects, and controlling the robotics engineer's best friend, the servo motor which is a motor that turns to a specific direction at your command. You will have even connected that servo motor up to read electrical impulses from the muscles in your arm to control the motor bionically. All courses have captions for the hearing impaired.

Start through the lessons today to begin your personal education journey towards your goals - a horizon now filled with so many more opportunities because of your new-found knowledge.

Course materials:

You will need electronic parts and a breadboard, which you can purchase as an accompanying kit (the Analog Electronics Kit) or provide your own.

The first section of the course (available for free preview) explains what the tools and parts are and what you will need if you are supplying your own electronic parts.

Tools needed: a multimeter, soldering iron and solder, wire,

This course is the prerequisite for the module II course which is digital electronics where you will work with a computer-on-a-chip and hook that computer up to the real world. In module III you'll learn robotic drive systems and physics, and gain a wide variety of skills in prototyping so you can actually build your own robots and manufacture your own parts. In module IV, you'll culminate all you've learned so far as you build a 3D printer from scratch, hook it up to a desktop computer and make your own plastic parts. The 3D printer is, in effect, a robot which you can then use to make parts for your other robot designs. In module V you can take your robot design and construction skills to the next level with a hands-on approach to autonomous robotic systems: learning about various sensors to know where you are and what your robot is doing, GPS navigation, basic artificial intelligence, powerful microchips known as FPGA's where you literally design a custom circuit on the chip, vision systems and more.

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Instructor Details

Ian Juby

4.7 Rating
6,050 Reviews

I've been an instructor in science and technology for 30 years. I got my start teaching at a science camp when I was 16. I also taught technology at the high school level for 10 years. I am a graduate of robotics engineering from Canadore College, North Bay, Ontario, and conducted research and development for multiple innovations over the years, including work with an Eastern Ontario company producing cool suits and hot suits for harsh environments. Our suits were used on board the space shuttle while it was in operation.

My interests have gone far beyond robotics, having written multiple scientific papers, published in peer reviewed journals and a book, wrote a book on video production, and am currently a railroader, working for Canadian National Railroad in Ontario. My passion is still for teaching and this can be seen even in railroading where I produced a video series on how to read Canadian railroad signals which is now being used in conductor courses to instruct the students on how to read the signals. I traveled on the road for ten years with a traveling museum I collected and constructed, speaking on the creation/evolution debate and have produced and hosted a television show on the topic for five years now.

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By Bp on 2/10/2026

I've only just started the course but I can tell it's going to be good. Ian is a calm, knowledgeable, and patient man who I can tell is as happy to be here to teach as I am to learn. I appreciate so much the materials list in the first section which can help me get the supplies I need to work on the course, and it's literally every thing I need down to fine details like "about 10 feet of telephone wire should be plenty". I'm looking forward to working through the course, especially as someone who is in college studying robotics engineering and electrical engineering.

By Adiandani on 6/13/2025

I really enjoyed the course and found it both engaging and informative. You did a great job explaining the concepts, and I especially appreciated how the schematics of the circuits were simple and easy to understand. It made the learning process much smoother, even for someone without a strong technical background. I'm definitely looking forward to taking more of your courses in the future!

By Timo Haanpää on 1/15/2023

Ian is a very engaging teacher, and I found him very easy to follow. And I am not even a native English speaker! I have tried to tackle analog electronics many times during my life (I am 47), but it has always been just a tiny bit too steep a hill to climb for me. But thanks to Ian's great teaching, I am finally designing my own circuits, and actually understanding what I doing! I am really looking forward to the other parts, and eventually building my own robots!

By Anonymized User on 6/17/2022

I have a background in computer science and was interested in electronics to build/create things that programming alone could not - Using Robotics to automate. So far, Module 1, I found that the course was excellent all around, not perfect but just about perfect. The video lessons... -had just enough and sufficient technical / theoretical knowledge needed to BEGIN building and not overwhelm the new student with too much theory; I did review many of the video until I could internalize it all and be able to explain it to myself. -were given slow enough that one can accelerate the speed of the video and still understand it. -were just the right length (between 5 to 20mins) to convey the right amount of information thus allowing time to digest the information; -were given in the right sequence that would build upon previous lessons; I really enjoyed this because I had tried to teach myself from youtube videos but they were never in any logical order so there were many gaps in my learning and many questions and frustration/discouragement/etc. -I loved the bonus videos which answer many of the questions I had and provided additional bits of information. Ian Juby is a very knowledgeable and excellent teacher. This module is a must if you want to the fast track to understanding electronics and begin building. There was mention of Module 4 and 5. I am seriously looking forward to when they become available.

By Tom Ragan on 12/20/2021

At first I wasn't too sure about Mr. Juby's teaching style, but throughout the course I really appreciated his detailed and easy to follow lessons. His sense of humor is, well, geeky, but what else would you expect from a science guy. Haha. Thanks for the great course. I plan to continue on with your other courses as well. By the way when I first reviewed the course I gave it four stars but after completing the course, I upgraded it to 5 fully deserved stars.

By Kev Bowker on 1/23/2021

This has been one of the most informative, entertaining, and well presented beginner introduction to electronics resources that I have found anywhere. Well worth the cost. While it doesn't go into great depth, the information that is presented is clear and interesting and is not a snoozefest. I went ahead and bought the other courses in the series and I hope they are as good.

By Sriram Narsingoju on 11/7/2020

His face just LIGHTS UP when he is talking about danger and scares the audience which is really good

By Jerome Kuentzler on 11/7/2020

I have an exam in electronique (a french one ) I am in E S L so not ease for me but because the is very clear I was able to follow and aderstand thank you

By Stuart Reynolds on 11/1/2020

The tutor's joy / passion for the topic is infectious!

By Chris Scott on 11/1/2020

It was awesome i learned what i need and i really love how he explained it!!!. :D

By Tammy Turner on 11/1/2020

I think I'm going to really enjoy this class. The instructor is very informative, clearly understood and injects a little humor as well. I've ordered the parts so I should be ready to go in a week or so. Can't wait!

By Alessandro Boggiano on 10/27/2020

In my opinion this is one of the best course of Udemy about the topic.
Sometimes it could be hard because you have to search other information in other places in order to really understand everything.
The instructor is simply GREAT: he grabs your attention every second of the course!
He deserve all the star as teacher.

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