Hi everyone!
IEEE Spectrum Online started
a robotics blog called Automaton a couple of months ago, and we're finally getting into the groove. One of my jobs on it is to provide the perspective as a recent college grad, which includes things like internship and career opportunities and hints, competitions to join, college and graduate programs that might interest roboticists, etc. So while I have a decent idea of some things to start with, what are you interested in? What do you feel you don't know enough about?
For example, does it help you to read interviews with, say, the heads of college programs in robotics, or would you rather have a student perspective? Or just a "report" on curriculum and project requirements? Is it important to see robotics-only opportunities (WPI, CMU), or robotics-friendly ones as well? What information do you feel is missing from the shiny brochures schools send you?
I'm of course open as well to ideas about FIRST blogging, but I've got big plans for that as it is...
And if you see other cool stuff around, like videos or articles, or even want to show off something your team built, feel free to send us a tip on the blog! We'll be sure to give credit where applicable.
Thanks for your feedback -- we want to make Automaton really awesome!
~Mikell
Please feel free to move this if necessary... I think this is the right forum for this but I could be wrong!