what colleges have good robotics majors

[ChuNalt787]

I am looking into majoring in robotics and Im trying to find a college that has a good robotics program. The ones I have applied to dont seem to have any. Im in the dallas area and would like to stay within a day drive.

[Ryan Foley]

Unfortunately, most colleges dont actually have a major in robotics itself. However many have teams that compete in robot competitions, such as FIRST, Robocup, MATE, etc.

Most people who work in the robotics field have some sort of engineering degree, usually Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering (Computer Science is also popular). So you may want to consider going into one of those majors in order to take you too a robotics-related job.

Good Luck!

[Ashley Weed]

For the Robotics major. Take a look at Pittsburgh (Carnegie Mellon, Pitt, etc.). It may only be a Graduate program; however, they are booming in Robotics out in that area.

[BillP]

The University of Texas at Arlington (near Dallas) has an association with the Automation and Robotics Research Institute for graduate level students. There are also opportunities in the senior year of a bachelor's program to do some undergraduate research (technical electives and a senior design project) that involve activities at the institute.

For more information, you can visit:

http://www-mae.edu/

http://www/mars.uta.edu/

http://63.98.55.51/arri/

[JVN]

Originally Posted by BillP

The University of Texas at Arlington (near Dallas) has an association with the Automation and Robotics Research Institute for graduate level students. There are also opportunities in the senior year of a bachelor's program to do some undergraduate research (technical electives and a senior design project) that involve activities at the institute.

For more information, you can visit:

http://www-mae.edu/

http://www/mars.uta.edu/

http://63.98.55.51/arri/

On February 18th, University of Texas at Arlington is hosting an FVC Regional Competition. Anyone interested could come take a tour of the facilities, while also enjoying the Vex competition!

[BradAMiller]

Unfortunately not in your area, but WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) will be offering academic programs in robotics in conjunction with the Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering departments. These programs will be available starting this September and range from "Areas of Concentration" to minors in robotics.

In addition, WPI is very active in FIRST robotics - we have a FRC team, run 4-5 FRC, VEX, and Lego tournaments each year. We also developed the software that runs on the robot for EasyC for FRC.

Brad

[Shu Song]

A "robotics" major is very rare. Though the Cornell School of Engineering doesn't have robotics as an official major but there are specializations of certain majors that included robotics. For example, I think Mechanical Engineering has a robotics specialization, Computer Science has an AI concentration, etc. Cornell Engineering is a VERY rigorous program but what you get out of it is priceless. (omg I sound like an advertisement )

[TheAnsweris42]

I'm going to LSSU in Sault St. Marie Michigan for electrical engineering with a robotics option. Thats about as close as you get, especially in Michigan... they have the same option in mechanical and computer engineering as well

[Andrew Blair]

This is what an engineering professor at a Penn State branch told me:

"Don't worry about your school having a robotics program. You won't be able to get into it in your bachelors degree education anyways. Speciality courses and work study perhaps, but you cannot get a useful "robotics Bachelors" from anywhere. Get a non-specific engineering degree, get a job, then go back for your graduates in something more specific."

It sounds pretty realistic, and it makes a lot of sense. Theres a lot of engineering disciplines to get into before you can even seriously break the ice into robotics.

[Avarik]

I havn't heard of any "robotics" majors for undergrads. From what I've heard, though, a common route into robotics is Computer and Electrical Engineering majors.

As far as grad school, Carnegie Mellon is very good. They are one of the few schools who offers a masters/PhD in robotics (as far as I know.) Pittsburgh is also working very hard to become the nations leader in robotics, and has a ton of projects in that field going on. I know that CMU itself even has an entire building dedicated to a bunch of robotics projects, and even more going on in different areas.

[Andrew Blair]

Yep. Its called the "Robotics Consortium", and its awesome. For a geek.

[Matt Reiland]

While I was at Purdue - (getting to be quite a while ago) they were creating a major caller CIMT - Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology. This would be in the school of technology not engineering and was a 4 year degree. This would focus on robotics in the manufacturing floor and also how robots of different kinds work with them. As for smaller mobile robots, similar to what the people above said, seems like something you would specialize in your masters or PHd.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Again... not in your area, but Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, IA has a good Robotics and Automation program. I plan on attending next year after my year off.

[JamesBrown]

My advice would be for you to get your BS in some type of engineering from a state school and then go to a big research school like cornell, MIT, WPI, CMU for grad school, this will save you some money and get you a good background before jumping into a big research school. THis is what I will be doing, I plan to go to URI next year ( I received a full tuition scholarship), and then apply to big schools to do grad work

[santosh]

Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) located in Marietta Georgia is actually developing a robotics major.