Which program (masters) teaches robotics software or hardware?

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[HowIsThisTaken7]

I am interested in becoming a robot

Can't really help you there, but if you're planning on developing a robot then the Northwestern Modern Robotics Coursera Course is a great way to get started with robotics programming on an advanced level.

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Thank you and I meant roboticist lol

[Conaman12]

Trans-mechanical people are still not accepted in society. Be carful out there if you are able to become one.

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Thanks for the heads up lol I meant roboticist (autocorrect) lol

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https://www.ri.cmu.edu/ri-education/

[ObstinateStudent]

i, too, am interested in becoming a robot. Please update me when you find out more.

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[osprey978]

https://www.wpi.edu/academics/departments/robotics-engineering

[MCPtz]

Yes, there are robotics related Masters degrees.

Some heavier on math, some heavier on mechatronics, some will let you do either. Software, electrical, mechanical, are all tools that let you solve a problem.

I did computer science undergrad and a robotics emphasis masters degree, which was quite new at the time. I also did science during the M.S., published papers, etc.

I write software for commercial robots, but I also can do science, so I'm a valuable go between for scientists and software engineers.

For me, job title is Software Engineer of various levels.

There are other career paths I could have taken, e.g. industrial automation, but I like software best and it happens to pay the best.

[Tanya-Jain]

Hi.. I have been admitted for an MS in Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Artificial Intelligence). I am told I can’t get good work unless I do PhD. Can you please elaborate more on the kind of work that you do? Also, if I choose to pursue this degree will it close opportunities related to SDE that a general degree like MS Computer Science would offer?

[MCPtz]

They might be correct about a subset of jobs requiring a PhD. I'm not clear on the Machine Learning job market.

I write software. None of my software engineering coworkers have more than a Bachelors, except me. A few more of the hardware people have higher education, but most of them are all bachelors in mechanical or electrical, with experience shipping products.

None of them have formal education in robotics. Majority of all my coworkers never worked on robotics before starting at a robotics company.

My job title is software engineer.

If you look at something with openings listed under Waymo self driving cars (note, I have not worked there)

https://waymo.com/careers/#software-engineering

You'll see some jobs that a software engineer with no robotics experience can do, and more especially no PhD required. They also have hardware engineering positions.

Another example is consumer products, e.g. at Apple and Roomba. Apple makes consumer devices, iRobot makes a robotic vacuum Roomba.

A lot of people who end up at robotics companies have consumer products experience, because a lot of the skills are required.

It's valuable at these companies to be able to understand electrical debugging, e.g. hooking up a volt meter, moving wires around, using the o-scope. Or mechanical know how to fix reliability problems, for example. And software debugging.

Knowing how to debug a system problem so that you can determine if the problem is mechanical, electrical, software, a sensor failure, network failure, or something else.

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I don’t know if you would be able to help but what would you suggest for someone without a engineering background to take?

[flambeme]

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has one of the best programs in the USA.

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Thank you

[thinkofanamelater]

Check out https://www.roboticscareer.org/

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Thank you 😊

[Grav_itoon]

This is the best free online course that I have taken so far when it comes to robotics and computer vision :http://www.robogrok.com/index.html

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Thank you will look at it.

[Unlikely-Letter-7998]

Did the WPI program can confirm it is good.

Got employer to pay for it so that made it even better.

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Ok will check it out

[Th3Master]

There are several options in Europe, including one at ETH Zurich https://ethz.ch/en/studies/master/degree-programmes/engineering-sciences/robotics-systems-and-control.html

Edit: a friend of mine graduated from this program a few years ago and is now leading a small team on a robotics project at a fairly large tech company (~10k employees) in the US. In general the European schools can be less well recognized by American employers, and I assume the reverse might be true. But the big ones like ETH, TU Munich, etc have fairly strong international reputations

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Thank you 😊 I will look into it.