15 Best Sensors Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Sensors courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $99.00. 7 come from a named university or institution, including University of Colorado Boulder, University of California, Irvine and IIT Bombay. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $49.00 – $99.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "sensors" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $99.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Embedding Sensors and Motors
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
The courses in this specialization can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5340-5343, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree. Enroll here. Embedding Sensors and Motors will introduc...
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iOS Project: Transreality Game
Offered by University of California, Irvine
Students will produce a networked game that will leverage sensors on the phone to create a unique gaming experience. The focus of the game will be to make it physical through real-world gestures, motion and knowledge of...
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Introduction to Robotics with Webots
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
The overarching learning goal of this specialization in robotics is to create an appreciation for the tight interplay between mechanism, sensor, and control in the design of intelligent systems. By the end of this specia...
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Introduction to Internet of Things
Offered by IIT Bombay
Enroll in "Introduction to Internet of Things," a meticulously curated course by the eminent faculty of IIT Bombay in conjunction with TIH Foundation for IoT & IoE. This comprehensive course, spanning four modules, equip...
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An Introduction to Programming the Internet of Things (IOT)
Offered by University of California, Irvine
Design, create, and deploy a fun IoT device using Arduino and Raspberry Pi platforms. This Specialization covers embedded systems, the Raspberry Pi Platform, and the Arduino environment for building devices that can cont...
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Foundations of Autonomous Systems
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
This specialization provides a comprehensive overview of designing and analyzing autonomous systems. It begins with an examination of fundamental components like sensors, actuators, and communication networks, then delve...
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Internet of Things Capstone V2: Build a Mobile Surveillance System
Offered by University of California San Diego
In the Capstone project for the Internet of Things specialization, you will design and build your own system that uses at least 2 sensors, at least 1 communication protocol and at least 1 actuator. You will have a chance...
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Internet of Things: Sensing and Actuation From Devices
Offered by University of California San Diego
Have you wondered how information from physical devices in the real world gets communicated to Smartphone processors? Do you want to make informed design decisions about sampling frequencies and bit-width requirements fo...
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Introduction and Programming with IoT Boards
Offered by Pohang University of Science and Technology(POSTECH)
Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging area of information and communications technology (ICT) involving many disciplines of computer science and engineering including sensors/actuators, communications networking, serve...
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Sensor Manufacturing and Process Control
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
"Sensor Manufacturing and Process Control" can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5343, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree. This is our fourth course in our specialization on E...
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Emerging Technologies: From Smartphones to IoT to Big Data
Offered by Yonsei University
This Specialization is intended for researchers and business experts seeking state-of-the-art knowledge in advanced science and technology. The 4 courses cover details on Big Data (Hadoop, Spark, Storm), Smartphones, Sma...
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Linear Circuits 1: DC Analysis
Offered by Georgia Institute of Technology
This course explains how to analyze circuits that have direct current (DC) current or voltage sources. A DC source is one that is constant. Circuits with resistors, capacitors, and inductors are covered, both analyticall...
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CPS Design for Mechatronics, Healthcare, EV & Robotics
Offered by L&T EduTech
This course covers diverse aspects of mechatronics, electric vehicles (EVs), medical devices, and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). The Automotive Mechatronics module provides participants with a deep understanding of essent...
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Arduino Programming and Project Development
Offered by Packt
This specialization features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress throug...
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Ultimate Guide to Raspberry Pi - Tips, Tricks, and Hacks
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
$49.00listed price
Best Sensors Courses on Coursera compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $99.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $50.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 7 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Colorado Boulder, University of California, Irvine and IIT Bombay — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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