What should someone study at university level if he/she wants to get into robotics and build robotics? So far 'Mechatronics' seems to be the field I'm looking for? I looked at a few plain 'robotics' courses but they seem to be only about the electrical and computer work, and don't include any details on building the mechanical components of robots?
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this question is absolutely not related to SO, so I'll vote to close it.
In anycase robotics is a really wide topic, so I don't think you would find everything inside just a course, for example the mechanical parts are studies of a mechanical engineer which cannot study also electronics. To build robots you need many peoples with different knowledges (mechanics, electronics, programmers and so on) that wouldn't fit in just one course.
Jack
2010-10-31 14:14:16
Well, I already know the programming, what would you recommend I do next, mechanical engineering, electrical, mechatronics, or something else?
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2010-10-31 14:22:00
I don't think there is a topic that is more necessary than others when talking about robotics. You will need all of them at the same level.. I would say that first knowing the mechanical part will then help you in developing the electrical part the connects the brain (programming) part to the real movements of your robots. But take a look at Lego Mindstorm if you want to have some simple fun related to these topics :)
Jack
2010-10-31 14:24:25
I was wondering about the reason of the downvote..
Jack
2010-10-31 14:30:28
Its not from me, but it might be the first sentence of your answer. I upvoted it.
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2010-10-31 14:53:29
+1
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Mechanical and electrical engineering and computer science.
Mechanical engineering will inform choices about servos, linkages, gears, and all other mechanical components.
Control theory is the junction of mechanical and electrical engineering. You'll need that.
So much of control is digital these days, so EE and computer science will be a part of it.
It's a big field. Good luck.
duffymo
2010-10-31 14:15:28