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What Is Robotic Engineering?

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Summary: Robotic engineering is the designing, building and testing of robots, usually done in teams, and the engineers work with the customer to build the right applications for the robot. Explore the world of robotic engineering with information from an electrical and computer engineering professor in this free video on robots.

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By Dr. Kazuhiko Kawamura
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Dr. Kazuhiko Kawamura is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and management of technology in Nashville, Tenn., and he is also the director of the Center for Intelligent...read more

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"Robotics engineers designed the robot and build the robots, and test robots like this. This is a industrial manipulator being used in manufacturing floors. You can see this consists of mechanical arms, motors, grippers and controller which is hidden underneath. So robotics engineers must perform many functions including thinking of new applications. So typically they form teams, and go through from initial design to the test of the final products. Often you have to work with customers, just like automotive engineers do. However, one major difference is robotics applications are limitless, and you can develop robot fly into the sky, go into the ocean. Go into the mines, work in the hospital, so applications are unlimited."

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