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[Ryan Foley]

Originally Posted by kio_chan176

1. I hear there's an excessive amount of computer programmers and engineers, and not enough robotics engineers, so that's what I want to be. I want to make land rovers and things like that.

One thing to keep in mind, robotics isnt usually offered as a major. Carnegie Mellon has it as a minor for undergraduates, other colleges may have the same, or as a concentration in another major (most often electrical or mechanical engineering). So "robotics engineer" is a title you'll probably get through a job, not education/ degree. You can work on robots with many majors, you dont need a degree in robotics itself to do so.

However I have the same ambition (robotics engineer), I am majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Technology, so I have a foundation in both aspects of robotics. Not sure if I'll take care of the programming aspect through school, on my own, if I do at all.

By the way, CMU is very good for robotics, as Stu said. Stanford also did well in the DARPA challenge. Cornell also seems to have a lot of robotics, including a FIRST team and Robocup team.

Good Luck.