<p>I'm looking to go into Robotics engineering, actually building robots not AI, but i don't think there's an actual "Robotics" major, so what majors are you supposed to take?</p>
<p>A few schools do have ‘robotics engineering’ as a major, check out WPI for example. Another option is to do mechanical engineering with a concentration in ‘mechatronics’, which some schools offer.</p>
<p>how can you know if the college’s mechanical engineering is focused on a certain type of engineering</p>
<p>The best way is to look at their website. It’s usually not hard to find lists of the classes they offer, concentrations, etc.</p>
<p>Access to specific robotics classes can vary with each major in each school. WPI is the only one I know of that has a specific undergrad major for robotics. Other schools just have classes you can take as electives through your discipline. At Carnegie Mellon, the better access as an undergrad is through electrical engineering from what I recall but the primary access to the Robotics Instititute is more grad school. Univ of Pennsylvania also has an awesome robotics grad program (GRASP lab). </p>
<p>University of Maryland (College Park) has the Robotics Instititute that just added a master’s program, but there are some upper level tech classes available to both EE and MechE undergrad students each fall. Also lots of research opportunities! The curriculum is cross-disciplinary which is helpful in robotics design. Every semester, the class offerings are different, but this gives you a sense for this coming fall…
ENME444 Assistive Robotics
ENME489L Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering; Bio-inspired Robotics
ENME489O Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering; Micro/Nano Robotics
ENEE408I Capstone Design Project: Autonomous Control of Interacting Robots
Some grad level classes you may be able to sign up for include
ENME675 A Mathematical Introduction to Robotics
ENME808O Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering; MICRO/NANO ROBOTICS</p>
<p>FYI, every year, they host a Robotics Day so you can see the projects they are working on. Not sure when the date will be set for this coming year, but here is the link for last year’s info <a href=“http://robotics.umd.edu/Md_robo_day/”>http://robotics.umd.edu/Md_robo_day/</a>
Here are some other links for what is available at Maryland <a href=“http://www.robotics.umd.edu/”>http://www.robotics.umd.edu/</a> <a href=“http://ram.umd.edu/”>http://ram.umd.edu/</a></p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO has a mechatronics concentration within it’s mechanical engineering department. My son went there and that was his field. He really liked the program and was able to get a very good job coming out of college with that specialty.</p>
<p>It is a lot of work to go thru each college’s catalog to see what they offer in the area of robotics and mechatronics. But very worth it.</p>
<p>Google is your friend</p>
<p><a href=“Universities That Offer Robotics Engineering Programs | Education - Seattle PI”>http://education.seattlepi.com/universities-offer-robotics-engineering-programs-3823.html</a></p>
<p>LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ltu.edu/engineering/mechanical/bachelor-science-robotics-engineering.asp”>Page Not Found;
<p>CAL U </p>
<p>This one is a BS Robotics Engineering Technology though, which means you only be Technician not an Engineer (sarcasm, see my other posts for explanation)></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.calu.edu/academics/programs/robotics/”>http://www.calu.edu/academics/programs/robotics/</a></p>