Education and training

Education and training

Robotics engineers design robots, maintain them, develop new applications for them, and conduct research to expand the potential of robotics. Robots have become a popular educational tool in some middle and high schools, as well as in numerous youth summer camps, raising interest in programming, artificial intelligence and robotics among students. First-year computer science courses at several universities now include programming of a robot in addition to traditional software engineering-based coursework.

Career training

Universities offer Bachelors,Masters, and Doctoral degrees in the field of robotics. Some and vocational schools offer robotics training aimed at careers in robotics.

Certification

The Robotics Certification Standards Alliance (RCSA) is an international robotics certification authority that confers various industry- and educational-related robotics certifications.

Summer robotics camp

Several national summer camp programs include robotics as part of their core curriculum, including Digital Media Academy, RoboTech, and Cybercamps. In addition, youth summer robotics programs are frequently offered by celebrated museums such as the American Museum of Natural History and The Tech Museum of Innovation in Silicon Valley, CA, just to name a few.

  Robotics after school programs

A robot technician builds small all-terrain robots. (Courtesy: MobileRobots Inc)

Many schools across the country are beginning to add robotics programs to their after school curriculum. Two main programs for afterschool robotics are botball and .

Employment

Robotics is an essential component in many modern manufacturing environments. As factories increase their use of robots, the number of robotics–related jobs        
grow and have been observed to be steadily rising.