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Duckietown Robotics
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Democratizing access to the science and technology of robot autonomy with resources for higher education and professional training.


Learn more at: duckietown.com
✨ The European Maker Faire 2025 is over, and what an incredible ride it has been!

A huge thank you to everyone who helped us and shared their passion for learning by doing. Until next time!

Duckietown Maker Faire 2025: t.co/bycYK8q3n8

#MakerFaire2025 #STEMeducation
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Tor Vergata University of Rome, in partnership with Duckietown, will be delivering a hands-on control system workshop at the EU Maker Faire 2025 in Rome, Italy. 🎓🦆

🛠️ Learn more: t.co/CwplQCCmgB

#MakerFaire2025 #ControlSystems #RoboticsWorkshop
October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🎉 A new iteration of Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown has just started. Enroll now, it is free! 🤯

t.co/HVJMrx1bdi

#MOOC #Robotics #AI #RobotAutonomy #EngineeringEducation #EmbodiedAI #LearningAutonomy
October 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Mark your calendar: Duckietown will be at the 2025 European Maker Faire in Rome, Italy. 🚀

Where: Rome, Italy, Gazometro Ostiense 🇮🇹

📅 17-19 October: t.co/04oPWuBp9i

👉 Learn more about Duckietown: t.co/JfCNk4ZI6l

#MakerFaire2025 #RoboticsEducation
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🎥 Vision is a powerful and convenient sensing modality for robots:

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🖥️ Visit our website - t.co/jMgnqNvfct

🤖 Get your Duckiebot and Duckiedrone - t.co/WU97hDZeIw

#DeepLearning #AIRobotics #AutonomousNavigation #VisualControl
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🌍 Happy Teachers' Day! 🍎

To all teachers shaping the next generations out there, thank you! 🎓

Our educational resources:

Educational resources: t.co/cuKa0vXM4S

#WorldTeachersDay #RoboticsEducation #STEM #engineeringeducation
October 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
👀 There is something new in Duckietown: check out the new Duckiematrix, now in open beta! 🦾

👉 Learn more: t.co/W7f1RzK2Lj
October 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How about a Duckiebot that can play Monopoly Junior Level one? 🎲

t.co/YV0DGmQLKs

Want to try Duckietown? Get started now:
t.co/NRzvWJwqgX

#AI #MachineLearning #ML #Robotics
September 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🚀 Hands-on

🌍 Accessible

👫 Provides access to an international community

👉 Launch a new robotics-related course or upgrade your laboratory starting here: t.co/KuP2tEF2g1

#Robotics #RoboticsEducation #FutureEngineers #AI #EngineeringEducation
September 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
📖 Always start by reading the instructions!

➡️The Duckiedrone Operation Manual - t.co/CYtzApwwv7

🤖 Get your Duckiedrone - t.co/g3vEYKtq58

#RoboticsEducation #STEMLearning #AutonomousDrones #DroneTechnology
September 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
How about stepping up the autonomous behavior game of Duckiebots in Duckietown, e.g., with YOLO-based obstacle detection, intersection navigation, and pure pursuit control?

Find out more: t.co/zwCPSmo73U

#Robotics #AIRobotics #Duckietown #Duckiebots
September 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Should robots be only a thing for experts or nerds?

At Duckietown we do not believe so!

💻 learn hard tech skills hands-on,
🤝 work collaboratively on complex projects;
🧠 solve real-world problems.

Read more: t.co/9oAU0c3GgG

#Robotics #AutonomousVehicles
September 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
📐 Fun but formal appearance specifications

🗺️ No fixed maps, only fixed rules

🧩 Modular composition

📚 t.co/hHMbunIUFm 📚

🤖 Get your Starter Kit now: t.co/5fK4H4IPWC

#Robotics #STEMEducation #AutonomousSystems #RobotLearning #EmbodiedAI
August 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Duckietown is a platform used to teach and learn robot autonomy. 👩‍🎓

Join a global community of educators and researchers and start learning about robot autonomy, robotics, and AI. 🤝

👉 Get started right now: t.co/3rXuo4HanQ

#RoboticsCourse #AutonomousSystems
August 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
How to interpret the decision making process of RL agents?
Self-Supervised Discovering of Interpretable Features for Reinforcement Learning, by Wenjie Shi, et al. (Tsinghua), brings interpretable RL to Duckietown using a framework powered by self-supervised attention mechanisms.
July 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
✨ Duckietown combines self-driving cars, autonomous drones and modular smart cities with autonomy software, simulation, open tools, and hands-on learning experiences.

First steps: t.co/LxUJo4eETI

#HandsOnLearning #RoboticsEducation #EngineeringEducation
July 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🚀 We choose Duckietown not because it is easy, but because it is hard. 🌙

Challenge your students to master AI robotics, and help create the next generation of roboticists.

Join the Duckietown adventure: t.co/1MHApcvdFm t.co/6HXxVwjyr3
July 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
⏳ Considering setting up a hands-on mobile robotics class?

Jumpstart your course with Duckietown, used by hundreds of universities worldwide. 🌍

👉 t.co/S7LN7cPncl

#STEMEducation #RobotAutonomy #EngineeringEducation #AIRobotics
July 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🚦Who likes to spend a long time stuck in traffic? 🚗

Traffic signal control management helps reduce waiting times by actively managing flows, while ensuring safe intersection navigation.

Learn more: t.co/gWOSh78eEk

#Robotics #Sim2Real #TrafficControl #SmartCities
July 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Explore this project by Soroush Saryazdi and Dhaivat Bhatt from the University of Montreal, Canada, and how learn how they deployed the stack on Duckiebots in Duckietown:

t.co/asoVr72MQd

#Robotics #AIRobotics #Duckietown #Duckiebots #PurePursuit
July 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Learn more about vision-based lane following in this study by Oscar Castro et al. : t.co/GyFpCW9Z4O

🖥️ Visit our website - t.co/gl6SqXw4KZ

🤖 Get your Duckiebot and Duckiedrone - t.co/7ga0J7OCa6

#STEMEducation #Robotics #AI #VisualFeedback
July 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🔍 A quick look back at some of the most-watched Duckietown moments this year.

🧠 Learn more → t.co/CitB2891Cy

🛠 Jump in → t.co/LQnGu4xL6Z

#roboticseducation #duckietown #robotautonomy #STEM #engineeringeducation
June 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
From lane following to navigation: augmenting the autonomous behaviors of #Duckiebots in #Duckietown. Learn more:
t.co/b6OrBrxHCH

🖥️ Learn about us - t.co/P5RRarxNz4

🤖 Get your Duckierobots - t.co/oK0YdCcaDl

#Robotics #Dijkstra #LaneFollowing t.co/wfC0D1vdkr
June 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Learning in simulation and practicing in the real world; sounds easy enough, right?

Learn more: t.co/og0QEs11el

🖥️ Visit our website - t.co/vs1r0LDrkj

🤖 Get your #Duckiebot and #Duckiedrone - t.co/ENNbwCZqx4

#Duckietown #Sim2Real #RobotAutonomy t.co/MAlNzkTNc9
June 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🦾 Find out more about "Adaptive Obstacle Avoidance Model for Autonomous Robots Based on Dual-Coupling Grouped Aggregation and Transformer Optimization": t.co/cSTR6ewnT6 🤖

🖥️ Visit our website - t.co/gHfPVEeHnq

#Duckietown #Robotics #AI #RL t.co/lE5jbAERoX
May 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM