what colleges have good robotics majors

[Sgraff_SRHS06]

I personally am not necessarily interested in robotics as a whole--but moreso the biomedical applications of it. Notice how the recent FIRST games resemble something that Dean Kamen and the rest of the BME community are working on. Actually FIRST sold me not on robotics, but on Biomedical Engineering. There are plenty of schools with it, but Johns Hopkins University and Duke University are two of the best in that field. (Too bad they don't offer FIRST scholarships.)

But if you are looking for straight-out robotics in the MD-VA area, Maryland-College Park, Maryland-Baltimore County, and Virginia Tech are all good choices. VT and UMBC have even participated in the DARPA challenge.

[geowasp]

Originally Posted by Sgraff_SRHS06

I personally am not necessarily interested in robotics as a whole--but moreso the biomedical applications of it. Notice how the recent FIRST games resemble something that Dean Kamen and the rest of the BME community are working on. Actually FIRST sold me not on robotics, but on Biomedical Engineering. There are plenty of schools with it, but Johns Hopkins University and Duke University are two of the best in that field. (Too bad they don't offer FIRST scholarships.)

But if you are looking for straight-out robotics in the MD-VA area, Maryland-College Park, Maryland-Baltimore County, and Virginia Tech are all good choices. VT and UMBC have even participated in the DARPA challenge.

Yep, same here, sold on BME!! JHU actually came out w/ the brain cap and robotic arm implementation shown at the championship (last year, i think?) where the user simply thinks about moving the hand, and the brain cap picks up brainwaves and interprets it to real mechanical movements on a robotic arm. i recently met the professor who heads the lab for that. Robotics and sensors is one of 4 focus areas that BMEs have to choose from at Johns hopkins, ppl should apply here, since I could barely find any FIRST ppl here!!

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by 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

There is more information on WPI's robotics programs in the 2006-2007 Course Catalog at
http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/Catalogs/Ugr...robotdept.html
and
http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/Catalogs/Ugr.../robotics.html

[Katy]

Carnige Mellon I am very sure does not allow undergraduates into the robotics labs.

Oh also...

Originally Posted by Sgraff_SRHS06
I personally am not necessarily interested in robotics as a whole--but moreso the biomedical applications of it. Notice how the recent FIRST games resemble something that Dean Kamen and the rest of the BME community are working on. Actually FIRST sold me not on robotics, but on Biomedical Engineering. There are plenty of schools with it, but Johns Hopkins University and Duke University are two of the best in that field. (Too bad they don't offer FIRST scholarships.)

But if you are looking for straight-out robotics in the MD-VA area, Maryland-College Park, Maryland-Baltimore County, and Virginia Tech are all good choices. VT and UMBC have even participated in the DARPA challenge.

WPI has a biomedical engineering major and WPI offers a full ride FIRST scholarship. You may want to seriously consider WPI: just about everything good there is to be had here the undergrads get their hands on. Many other "big name" schools are "big name" because of the things the graduate students do, not the undergrads. Be careful to distinguish the difference.

My friend Nick is in BME at WPI and has offered to be interrogated by prefrosh if you feel like asking him some questions. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...31&postcount=2

[jrod2008]

Everyone, I'm no expert, but it seems as if people are thinking of a robots major as a combonation mechanical/computer AI/electrical degree. Wouldn't most engineers specialize in one area and other members of the team would specialize in other areas? That was what the way the DARPA Red Team(the one with the hummer that went the farthest in the first challege, and came in second and fourth the next year), was organized. So, it seems that one could just get a good degree in any one area, with an approprite specialization, such as AI for computer science, and pick up the rest with graduate programs.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[idunno42]

WPI has an undergrad major in robotic engineering. They claim to be the only school to offer such a major to undergrads.

[juda92]

Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan has a very good engineering program. They have all kinds of different programs to get into, with an option to minor in robotics. There's an annual job fair to help graduating students find a job in the field. There's also a FIRST team to mentor if you want to do so. While you're there, if you decide engineering isn't for you, they have all kinds of other programs to choose from.