Foundations is built for where you are
The frames, control and estimation ideas here are what the eight weeks teach, one lesson a day, in the browser. You need to be able to write a little code and give it 5–7 hours a week.
Placement
Ten questions. Then I'll tell you honestly where you stand.
Six are about the ideas Foundations builds on and teaches: a little Python, coordinate frames, control, estimation. Four are about you: your time, your code, what you want, and why now. There's no pass mark, and nothing here locks you out of anything. About five minutes.
"I don't know yet" is an option on every one of the six, and it's the most useful answer you can give me. Guessing tells me nothing. If you're new to this, those six are what the eight weeks are for.
If you apply afterward, your answers go with the application, so you won't type anything twice, and I read the two side by side. Tell me where to send the result first: you'll get my reading and every placement answer with the reasoning behind it.
Question 1 of 10
My reading
Your answers and this reading go into the application form for you. Not ready to apply? That's fine: the result is in your inbox, and you can reply to it with anything.
The six placement answers, with the reasoning
What the reading means
A starting point for the conversation, not a verdict.
The quiz doesn't decide anything. When you apply, I read your answers next to the application and tell you what I'd do in your position. These are the three things it can say.
Foundations
The Forge
You already have most of Foundations
You read the code and got the robotics ideas. Tell me in the application what you've built, and we'll talk about The Forge.
Elite
You're at the research end; Elite may fit
You got all of it and already write robot software or research code. Elite is one-on-one and ends in a paper, so the question is what you want to build.