Career in Robotics Engineering: Courses, Admission, Jobs and Salary

Information About Robotics Engineering Course: If you are interested in robots and how they work then there is a unique stream in engineering that is robotics engineering. If you want to become a robotic engineer then this article is very useful to you. This article provides you complete details of robotics engineering course details like skills required, list of courses, eligibility, duration, jobs, and employment areas. In our previous post, we wrote about electrical engineering course, check that post.

About Robotics Engineering

Robotics engineering is a branch of engineering that deals with design, construction, operation and use of robots. Robotics engineering includes other engineering disciplines of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science engineering. A robot is a machine which works on computer programs. Robotics engineers use computer-aided design and drafting () and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) systems to perform their tasks.

Skills required for Robotics Engineering Course

• Mathematics
• Programming mindset
• Technology design
• Good communication
• Active learning
• Critical thinking
• Equipment Maintenance
• Judgment and decision making
• Trouble shooting
• Monitoring

Specialization fields of Robotics Engineering

          The specialized fields of robotics engineer are artificial intelligence, micro-robotics, robot motion planning, automation, medical robotics, design and control, robot manipulations, air traffic management systems, digital electronics and microprocessors, bio-cybernetics, computer integrated manufacturing system, signal processing.

List of courses

The courses of robotics engineering are listed below

• Diploma in robotics engineering (Also see other diploma courses)
• Bachelor’s in robotics engineering
• Master’s in robotics engineering

Diploma in Robotics Engineering

     This is a diploma certificate program. As the importance of robotics is increasing there is a huge demand for robotics engineers. This course is the basic step to becoming a robotics engineer.

Eligibility

      The eligibility to pursue this course is completion of 10+2 exam from recognised college with physics, mathematics and chemistry as main subjects. Depending on the admission of the Institute percentage is important.

Duration

The time period to complete this course is 4years.

Important subjects

• Numerical methods
• Introduction to robotics
• Rigid body velocity
• Jacobian
• Force control and haptics
• Forward kinematics
• Mechanical design

Bachelor’s in Robotics Engineering Course

B.E/B.Tech in robotics engineering comes under bachelor’s degree. This is an undergraduate program. The students should communicate their ideas effectively.

Eligibility

The eligibility to pursue this course is having 12^th standard certificate from a recognized college. In some reputed colleges and universities separate entrance test is conducted and the seat is allotted to the candidate based on the merit list.

Duration

The duration to complete this graduate program is a period of 4 years.

Important subjects

• Mechanical designs
• Forward kinematics
• Trajectory control
• Inverse kinematics
• Mobile Robots
• Rigid body velocity

Master’s in Robotics Engineering Course

      M.E/M.Tech in robotic engineering comes under master’s degree in robotics engineering. This course makes the students for design positions which require skillful and imaginative thoughts to solve problems.

Eligibility

• The eligibility to pursue this course is having bachelor’s degree in the related discipline.
• A good score in GATE (Gratitude aptitude test in engineering)
• For some reputed colleges and universities an entrance exam is conducted.

Duration

        The time required to complete this post-graduation program is duration of 2years.

Important subjects

The course consists of theory and practical subjects

Theory subjects

• Applied mathematics for engineers
• Advanced solid mechanics
• Robot programming
• Mechatronics in manufacturing systems
• Robot sensors
• Industrial robots
• Robot simulation
• Robot vision
• Robot economics
• Manufacturing systems automations

Practical subjects

• Automation lab
• Robotics lab
• Seminar
• Project work

Career and Jobs

Job profiles

The job profiles of robotic engineers include robotics engineer, robot operator, robotics installation engineer, robotics programmer, robotics trainer, robotic welding engineer, senior robotics specialist, robotics tester, technical associate, lecturer, production engineer, maintenance engineers, analysts, supervisors, researcher, embedded application engineer, robotic system engineer, sales and marketing engineer.

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Employment Areas

• Colleges and universities
• Robot designing companies
• Automobile industry
• Space exploration
• Microchips manufacturing companies
• Food packaging companies
• Electronics and appliances industries
• System design and analysis companies
• Military
• Medical Industries
• Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
• Mining and organisations
• Manufacturing plants

Top Recruiters of Robotics Engineer

1. ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)
2. Tata
3. HRSL (Hi-Tech Robotics Systems Limited)
4. Kulka Robotics
5. BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited)
6. PARI (Precision Automation Robotics India Limited)
7. BARC (Bhabha Automatic Research center)
8. ABB
9. DiFACTO Robotics and Automation
10. DRDO (Defense Research and Development Organization)

Salary Packages

The salary of robotics engineer in India is around 3 to 4 lakhs per year. In USA the salary of robotics engineers start from $52,010 to $150,830 per year.

Best colleges of Robotics Engineering

• University of Hyderabad
• IIT Kanpur
• Bharat University, Chennai
• Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
• Dalal Global Institute of Technology, Haryana
• Radhakrishnan Institute of Technology, Rajasthan
• Amity University, Noida
• Kalam Institute of Technology, Orissa
• Valivalam Desikar Polytechnic College, TamilNadu