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Deep Reinforcement Learning Course

Hugging Face

FreeintermediateSelf-pacedCertificate

Train agents from Q-learning to PPO and multi-agent setups in Colab, publish them to the Hub, and compete on leaderboards. Ideal for learners who want deep RL to be practical and fun from the first unit, with a free certificate at the end.

Who it's for

Advanced learners with ML and probability. This is an intermediate course in Reinforcement Learning & Robotics, running about 8 units plus bonus units, self-paced.

Cost at a glance

Free. Free certificate of completion (80% of assignments) or honors (100%); no deadline.

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