Robots are playing a significant role in modern society including robotic arms for manufacturing, assistive co-robots in health care, etc. Current and future engineers will be faced with significant challenges in designing, analyzing and controlling robotic systems in many engineering applications, especially in how to make robots intelligent co-workers for human. As such, there is a significant demand for students that have the core skills and knowledge in both classical theories in control, optimization and networks and recent advanced in learning and AI, together with their applications in robotics, multi-robot coordination, and human-robot teaming. Students can greatly benefit from this accessible online option.
The Major in Robotics in the Interdisciplinary Engineering master’s program (IDE) focuses on the analysis, control and design of robots. This area spans a variety of application domains and is interdisciplinary in nature. The courses offered in this major will establish fundamental theories and tools for modeling, analyzing and developing techniques in robotics. It spans core topics like control theory, machine learning, artificial intelligence, networks, and advanced courses in emerging topics like robotics, manipulators, and human-robot teaming.
A degree in Robotics from Purdue University:
- Increases leadership skills and ability to effectively lead diverse teams across multiple engineering disciplines.
- Promotes effective technical communication of complex concepts, analyses and solutions.
- Increases learner technical abilities and skills in a wide variety of cutting-edge engineering disciplines.
