<p>Hello</p>
<p>My robotics adviser told me to look into mechatronics or robotics as a major, but very few colleges offer them as undergrad majors. Does anyone know if MIT has them? Also, if not and I (somehow, hopefully, who knows) get in, what the right path is to such a goal? This helps me with other schools too.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>MIT doesn’t have a robotics major, but there are many students interested in robotics who major in electrical engineering/computer science (or mechanical engineering or aero/astro, depending on their particular interests). It’s definitely more important to choose a major where you’ll be able to take interesting classes and do research on robotics than to choose a school specifically because they have a major that’s called “robotics” – it’s the knowledge that you acquire, not the major title on your degree, that will get you into grad school or get you a job.</p>
<p>If you visit MIT Museum you will see many cool robots designed by MIT students.
My son learned to build robots during his freshmen orientation week.</p>
<p>[MIT</a> EECS - DEECS 2010 home page](<a href=“http://www.eecs.mit.edu/DEECS/index.html]MIT”>http://www.eecs.mit.edu/DEECS/index.html)</p>
<p>It’s not a major in itself - you can go into a field that involves the type of robotics you like, and construct your curriculum to be heavy in robotics.</p>
<p>Sorry I’m late to the thread, but here’s something important to add: Mechanical Engineering has a “flexible” option (called Course 2A) which allows students to replace certain MechE classes with electives which make up a concentration. You’re free to do pretty much anything you can convince the appropriate authorities to sign off on, but there is a pre-determined “track” called Control, Instrumentation, and Robotics. It’s heavy on mechatronics, controls, and of course programming (some of those courses are actually offered through the EECs department, but because of this nifty 2A thing, they count towards your MechE degree).</p>
<p>(I was in this concentration for awhile. I stayed in 2A but ended up with a different concentration.)</p>
<p>[Home</a> - Mechatronics Research Laboratory (MRL)](<a href=“http://mechatronics.mit.edu/index.php/Home]Home”>Mechatronics Research Laboratory) </p>
<p>isnt this the mechatronics lab in mit?
I was going through various options for robotics myself when i came across this. Is there any scope for mechatronics (robotics) in MIT? I am an indian student pursuing my B. tech in mechatronics. I wanted to view my options. Still in the freshman year, im yet to start off with any research, however as per many of the articles, it will be really necessary so i must start off soon. any other advice, please let me know. thanks :)</p>