Even for theatre, we've accidentally gotten the "don't mess with the robotics guys" mentality going. One of the people in our close-knit electronics group has been a techie for the last 2 years, and somehow, the entire group got sucked into the musical this year.
Collectively we ran sound (12 wireless mics!), lights, and running crew. More robotics-esque, we fixed 4 wireless bodypacks that had broken a few years ago, built signs that were no more than battery powered vision targets, wired up (safely) 10 strings of 100 christmas lights for a sign, and using hand tool skills developed over the last 3 build seasons, built 4 flats in the time it took the 3rd year techies to build one, and took down 6 platforms in the time it took them to take down one.
Yup, I'd say that robotics does teach you a thing or two that you can apply to other things in life.
