Robotics: CIT or SCS?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>I am a bit confused.</p>

<p>The CMU website has most mention of robotics in SCS, but I have been told that if I wanted to study robotics I would have to join CIT.</p>

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<p>You can study robotics from CIT or SCS; it just has to do with what you want your major focus to be. You can take robotics related courses either way.</p>

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<p>The robotics minor is offered to the entire university so long as you meet the prereqs. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.ri.cmu.edu/education/ugrad_minor.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ri.cmu.edu/education/ugrad_minor.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>You can get there from either place. DS was an undergrad ME (CIT), assistant to a robotics institute prof and completed a robotics project for PITT. He is now completing a robotics related project at another school for his MS but this time in CS. Personally, he has very little interest in robotics.</p>

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<p>Yoki Matsuoko: Formerly of CMU. DS surrogate adviser, & her assistant. </p>

<p><a href="http://seattle.metblogs.com/archives/2007/09/two_seattleites.phtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://seattle.metblogs.com/archives/2007/09/two_seattleites.phtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I am in CS and I am working on a robotics project right now. So it shouldn't matter much, although the aspect of work will probably differ.</p>

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<p>Cool. I like the CS aspect of robotics better, but Its pleasing to know I can minor in robotics if I choose to go into CIT instead.</p>

<p>On a side note, does anybody know of other good computer science schools that have a lively robotics research scene? (MIT aside, of course)</p>