While the current trends in popular global culture certainly indicate the growing salience of robots in arts and entertainment, including music, the actual reality of robots interacting with humans on a day to day basis remains a dream almost everywhere, except for Japan and perhaps South Korea.
An article out in today’s The Bulletin of Philadelphia has characterized the state of the global robotics market in the following terms: “The US is arguably the world leader in artificial intelligence and information technologies,” said Paul Oh, the leader of the Drexel Autonomous Systems Lab. “Such leadership is needed to create robots that can perceive and interact with its environment intelligently. Beyond this, the U.S. has strengths in designing medical robots and autonomous systems like unmanned aerial and ground vehicles. By contrast, Asian countries like Japan, Korea and more recently China, are global leaders in the electro-mechanical design of humanoid robots.”
In order to facilitate the research and development of the next generation of robots, while keeping pace with the global robotics market, the United States will have to invest serious resources in the new academic discipline of robotics. Back in February, Zygbotics reported on the importance of robotics education and training in humanoid technologies as the key to the development of a formidable robotics R & D strategy in the United States. Here are some more recent new items that describe a selection of the major robotics education programs in this country. It may be well to consider if the next revolution in science and math education will be spawned by a renewed race towards control of the global robotics market—not unlike the way that the Russian launch of Sputnik in October 1957 forever changed the face of U.S. science education.
NOTE: articles and references below are listed in descending chronological order, from most recent to oldest.
Robots On Campus
To help those wannabe pioneers in self-driving cars and automated bartending, CNET News spoke with Colin Angle, CEO of consumer robotics company iRobot, to learn more about which schools the company looks at to recruit new talent, …
TEAM DUCT TAPE » A User’s Guide to Robotics Higher Ed
A User’s Guide to Robotics Higher Ed. In A user’s guide to robotics higher ed,. CNet News interviews Colin Angle, CEO of consumer robotics company iRobot to learn which schools iRobot looks to for recruiting new talent and to ” give an …
ROBOTICS – Research & Education – A Resource for Future Aspirants
Top most university for research in humanoid robotics. Visit website for more details. Offers MS and PhD from home department. 4)University of Technology Sydney – Autralia – Intelligent Mechatronics Systems Group …
FIRST Thing: Robotics in Every School
Days after more than 10000 students gathered in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome to compete in a robotics championship, Brian Toohey has one thing on his mind: how to make a robotics education accessible to every public high school. …
Why We Need Robotics in the Curriculum
Public policy groups such as the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council’s robotics cluster also help, Brooks said.Still, higher education has become a “choke point” between high school programs like entrepreneur Dean Kamen’s FIRST …
News item: Robotics is booming, but education lags
A Team Duct Tape parent caught this interesting piece in the Journal of New England Technology: “…higher education has become a “choke point” between high school programs like entrepreneur Dean Kamen’s FIRST Robotics Challenge and the …
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) – News & Events – News Releases
March 16, 2009 – Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), which in 2006 established the nation’s first bachelor’s degree program in robotics engineering, has announced that it will also offer a master of science degree in the field …
PhD Research Assistantship Position on Robotics at Idaho State …
Topics of the project include signal processing, estimation theory, system identification, robotics, embedded systems and intelligent control, bio-signaling and bio-sensing, image processing, sensor design and related topics. …
GT | Tech Offers First Interdisciplinary Robotics Ph.D.
“We are pleased to offer the first truly interdisciplinary robotics Ph.D. program in the country,” said Dr. Henrik Christensen, KUKA Chair of Robotics for the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. “Exposing our students to course work …
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: Take five: the PhD dilemma
In conclusion, going to graduate school is a serious decision that needs careful consideration and it should not be taken lightly. Labels: graduate school, graduate studies, PhD, Robotics PhD …
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Robotics is Education! Now that is gonna be interesting stuff huh!