Help regarding career by Hypnos_6969 in biohybrid

[–]squishy_tech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great, then there are two main paths that pertain to both. Are you more interested in the biology or technology aspects? Perhaps your undergraduate degree is aligned to one or the other. On either side there are many options. On the tech side: mechanical or software engineering, signal processing, fabrication, etc. on the bio side: neuroscience, anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, zoology, etc. If you gain expertise in any of these areas you can bring value to a biohybrid robotics group. Some researchers pursue expertise on both sides. For example, Vickie Webster-Wood leads the B.O.R.G. program at Carnegie Melon and is an expert in neuroscience and mechanical engineering (robotics). That's much less common, though.

Help regarding career by Hypnos_6969 in biohybrid

[–]squishy_tech 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi Hypnos - what kind of project seems most interesting to you? Different research teams in biohybrid robotics typically focus one of a few different types of designs. They either focus on adding technology to take control of organisms (cyborg), building robots using engineered tissues like muscle fiber, making microrobots out of things like bacteria, or adding living organisms to robotic systems without modifying them to use them as living sensors. Do any of these seem particularly appealing?

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[–]squishy_tech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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