<p>I want to go into Robotics, but I have no clue what to actually major in</p>
<p>Also, does anyone have a good list of schools that have really good "Robotics" programs?</p>
<p>Of course, robotics is not a major.
In fact you will have VERY little exposure to it as an undergraduate, except perhaps a few upper division courses if you’re lucky.</p>
<p>The electrical systems that are the basis of robotics are a field of electrical engineering. (Like, control systems). </p>
<p>The mechanical aspects of robotics will be in Mechanical Engineering.</p>
<p>The code/logic for a complex robotics system to work could be in computer science, but this is maybe in an artifical intelligence sense.</p>
<p>Lastly, many robotics use embedded systems, and computer engineering would be good for that.</p>
<p>But in short: EE, or ME.</p>
<p>there are robotics programs out there…at CMU, IU, and RIT</p>
<p>You might look for a school with robotics research and then try to get in on a project doing anything that you can. You’d probably be working with a lot of grad students on the project.</p>
<p>You might also take a look at the job board at iRobot (Bedford, MA) to see what majors they want for the positions.</p>
<p>I am guessing that most if not all good engineering programs have at least one faculty member in each of the major robotics areas (mechE, EE, and CS) studying and building robots. </p>
<p>Instead of necessarily focusing on schools that have “Robotics” programs focus on excellent engineering schools that have the right location, size etc. and then talk to faculty/advisors there to see how you can starting working with some profs on robotics research.</p>
<p>Systems Engineering.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mechanical Engineering.
Software Engineering.
Computer Science.</p>
<p>I work in robotics, and we have people at our company with Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science backgrounds. My undergrad was in Mechanical and I did a Masters degree in Robotics. Robotics is an interdisciplinary field, so while you may not have to be an expert in each kind of engineering I mentioned, most people have a background (or at least has to learn about) multiple of them. For example, everyone at my company works in a software engineering capacity a lot of the time. Feel free to PM me if you want more info.</p>
<p>Some schools to look at:<br>
Schools with “robotics programs” at the graduate level: CMU, University of Pennsylvania, Georgia Tech, WPI (also has an undergrad robotics major). There might be more than I don’t know about.</p>
<p>Some schools with great robotics researchers: Stanford, MIT, Virginia Tech, University of Michigan, etc.</p>
<p>Our robotics team is very strong too. City College of New York - The Grove School of Engineering.</p>
<p>I think CpE can be a better option if you want to deal with EE and CS at the undergraduate level.</p>
<p>Purdue has a Robotics major under Engineering Technology.
Also, Colorado School of Mines has a Robotics program:
[Colorado</a> School of Mines : Division of Engineering](<a href=“Home - Engineering, Design, & Society”>Home - Engineering, Design, & Society)</p>
<p>All I know about robotics is to make 'em 2/3rds your size. Don’t want a Terminator situation.</p>