[mechanicalbrain]

You missed my point entirely! I'm saying that being an engineer in a specific field does NOT give you intimate knowledge of everything that field involves. Of course GM requires people applying to have degrees but does that mean that all mechanical engineer knows a car like the back of his or her hand NO of course not. As mentioned in other threads few colleges have open robotics courses and even fewer do robots to the scale we do (Their are small groups on most colleges that do advanced robotics but these are rarely open courses). You could get your mechanical engineering degree without ever having touched a robot. Anyway this conversation is veering from the thread so either we start a new thread or feel free to drop me a message.