7 Best Autonomous Systems Courses on edX
We compared 7 Autonomous Systems courses currently listed on edX, priced from $20.00 to $249.00. 2 come from a named university or institution, including Chalmers University of Technology and RWTH Aachen University. 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
- 7
- Price range
- $20.00 – $249.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 7 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "autonomous systems" 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 $20.00 to $249.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Decision-Making for Autonomous Systems
Offered by Chalmers University of Technology
Learn effectivetactics for making keydecisionswhen working with autonomous, self-driving vehicles.
$249.00listed price -
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Learning-based control
Offered by RWTH Aachen University
This MOOC introduces learning-based control (LBC): the use of machine learning in the design or operation of control systems. Participants will build a solid foundation in control, relevant machine learning methods, and...
$99.00listed price -
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Automated and Connected Driving Challenges
Offered by RWTH Aachen University
The MOOC "Automated and Connected Driving Challenges (ACDC)" introduces participants to some of the latest research challenges and provides the possibility to develop and test automated and connected driving functions st...
$50.00listed price -
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Introduction to AI Agents
Offered by Google Cloud
Gain a conceptual overview of AI Agents. Discover how AI Agents use autonomous action and reasoning to solve complex problems. You’ll explore the technical architecture—models, tools, and orchestration—that enables agent...
$20.00listed price -
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AI Agents for Everyone
Offered by Microsoft
Learn how AI agents work and leverage them to automate tasks and enhance productivity. This course explores the agent paradigm in AI, showing how autonomous systems can take action on your behalf across Microsoft's ecosy...
$55.00listed price -
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Robot Development
Offered by Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
This course offers in-depth learning of developmental cognitive robotics, taking direct inspiration from child psychologyused to develop sensorimotor and cognitive skills in robots.
$55.00listed price -
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Agent Fundamentals
Offered by Google Cloud
AI Agents represent a major shift beyond traditional large language models (LLMs). Instead of simply generating text-based solutions, they can also act autonomously to execute them.
$20.00listed price
Best Autonomous Systems Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decision-Making for Autonomous Systems | edX | Chalmers University of Technology | $249.00 | View → |
| 2 | Learning-based control | edX | RWTH Aachen University | $99.00 | View → |
| 3 | Automated and Connected Driving Challenges | edX | RWTH Aachen University | $50.00 | View → |
| 4 | Introduction to AI Agents | edX | Google Cloud | $20.00 | View → |
| 5 | AI Agents for Everyone | edX | Microsoft | $55.00 | View → |
| 6 | Robot Development | edX | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | $55.00 | View → |
| 7 | Agent Fundamentals | edX | Google Cloud | $20.00 | View → |
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 7 priced courses on this page run from $20.00 to $249.00, with the middle of the range around $55.00 — a spread of $229.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. 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 edX. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Chalmers University of Technology and RWTH Aachen University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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