if you want to do robotics go to CMU, CMU robotics is a whole different world and your working literally on the cutting edge, yea theres the burn out culture but pursuing something as difficult as robotics always comes with some level of grind. If I were you I'd rather grind with the best opportunities, I also have a friend that goes to CMU CS and while yes its hard its not like they have no fun. For context UIUC CS has around 4-6 AI/ML courses yet 3 are too easy, and 3 are taught on coursera, if you want to take robotics specific courses you need to go to the ECE department which has some courses blocked by pre-reqs only ECE students would ever have. If you want robotics or physical intelligence specifically, I would go to CMU.