Robot Makers: An Essential Guide to Choosing a Career in Robotics

Improving medicine, being on the cutting edge of technology, creating a healthier planet, and making life easier are all compelling reasons for becoming a roboticist. But even more than that, getting into robotics assures a lifetime of opportunities that are rich and plentiful. Robots are here and are changing the world. The careers that support the industry offer opportunities to be creative and are challenging, prestigious, and satisfying.

From Robot Makers, you will learn:

• About the abundant opportunities in robotics.
• * About the many types of robots.
• * What robots can do for us.
• * What degree is needed to work as a roboticist.
• * How much money you can make.

Working in the field of robotics is exciting and getting more so every day. Because of technological leaps in the computer industry, many new opportunities are emerging. Engineers, programmers, and technicians design and maintain robots, research new applications for robots, and assist people in doing tasks that are less desirable. Robots have enormous potential for society. Equipped with the proper sensors, robots can inspect the quality of meat, measure the pollution emissions of manufacturing plants, assist in surgery, detect corrosion in sewer pipes, investigate the depths of a volcano, or assess the speed of a tornado. Robots can be used to improve the standard of living and provide more information about the our planet, or even the solar system.