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Robotics & Automation

Robots, motion control, industrial automation and perception.

Field of study

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Core subjects

Subjects you actually study in Robotics — with notes, PDFs and video links.

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Learning roadmap

Phase by phase, with a resource link on every step.

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Phase 1 — Foundations
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Phase 2 — Core subjects
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Phase 3 — Specialise
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Phase 4 — Job ready

Technical skills

Robot programming
Sensor fusion
PID and motion control
SLAM & navigation
Machine vision
Mechanical prototyping

Programming skills

C++PythonEmbedded CMATLABLadder logic

Tools & technologies

ROS 2GazeboOpenCVSolidWorksArduino / Raspberry PiPLC suites (Siemens TIA, Rockwell)

Mini projects

Short, buildable projects to start with.

  • Line-following robot
  • Obstacle-avoiding rover
  • Gesture-controlled arm
  • Conveyor sorting with vision

Major projects

Final-year scale projects that stand out in interviews.

  • Autonomous mobile robot with SLAM in ROS 2
  • 6-DOF robotic arm with inverse kinematics
  • Vision-guided pick-and-place cell
  • Autonomous drone with waypoint navigation

Career paths

  • • Industrial automation
  • • Mobile robotics
  • • Robotic vision
  • • Drones / UAV
  • • Controls engineering
  • • Robotics R&D

Job roles

  • • Robotics Engineer
  • • Automation Engineer
  • • Controls Engineer
  • • Perception Engineer
  • • Robot Application Engineer

Government & PSU opportunities

Exams and organisations that recruit from this branch.

  • DRDO robotics labs (CAIR, R&DE)
  • ISRO robotics and automation teams
  • BHEL / BEL automation roles
  • GATE-based PSU recruitment
  • Defence UAV programmes

Higher studies

  • • M.Tech / MS in Robotics, Mechatronics or Control
  • • GATE (ME / EE / CS) depending on background
  • • MS abroad in Robotics
  • • PhD in autonomous systems

Certifications

  • • ROS developer courses
  • • FANUC / ABB / KUKA robot programming
  • • Siemens PLC certification
  • • NVIDIA Jetson AI certification

Industry-relevant technologies

What companies in this field are actively working on.

Autonomous mobile robots in warehousesCollaborative robots (cobots)Vision-language-action modelsDigital twins for robot cellsDrone logistics & inspectionROS 2 industrial adoption

Robotics career updates

Domains hiring from this branch and the skills each one expects.

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