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Jorge
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what does a day to day look like for a robotic engineer?
I was wondering this because i want to some day become a robotic engineer.
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Vahidreza Molazadeh, Ph. D.
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It depends some jobs are more geared toward R&D works and some are traditional robotic works. Many engineers that have traditional robotic works spends majority of their time with robots to program them, debug them, install parts or 3 print parts for them. For R&D works, you may need to do research at the same time with other responsibilities so that you can program the robots with the most updated software stack available like using AI (e.g. VLA) for such developments.
cassandra Harris
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Great question! A day in the life of a robotics engineer can be exciting and different depending on the project they’re working on. Here’s what it usually looks like:
1. Designing and Planning
Robotics engineers spend part of their day sketching ideas, creating designs on the computer, and planning how a robot should move or what tasks it should do.
2. Building and Testing Robots
They often work with tools, sensors, motors, and circuits to build robot parts. A big part of the job is testing trying out what they built, seeing what works (or doesn’t!), and fixing problems.
3. Programming the Robot
Robots need instructions to work, so engineers write code to tell the robot what to do. This could be anything from making a robotic arm pick something up to helping a robot navigate a room.
4. Working With a Team
Robotics engineers rarely work alone. They meet with teammates other engineers, designers, and sometimes scientists to talk about progress, solve problems, and come up with new ideas.
5. Learning and Improving
Robotics changes quickly, so engineers spend time learning new technology, testing out new parts, and finding better ways to make their robots smarter and more helpful.
1. Designing and Planning
Robotics engineers spend part of their day sketching ideas, creating designs on the computer, and planning how a robot should move or what tasks it should do.
2. Building and Testing Robots
They often work with tools, sensors, motors, and circuits to build robot parts. A big part of the job is testing trying out what they built, seeing what works (or doesn’t!), and fixing problems.
3. Programming the Robot
Robots need instructions to work, so engineers write code to tell the robot what to do. This could be anything from making a robotic arm pick something up to helping a robot navigate a room.
4. Working With a Team
Robotics engineers rarely work alone. They meet with teammates other engineers, designers, and sometimes scientists to talk about progress, solve problems, and come up with new ideas.
5. Learning and Improving
Robotics changes quickly, so engineers spend time learning new technology, testing out new parts, and finding better ways to make their robots smarter and more helpful.