A rapidly developing field, the future of robotics is bright with rapid advances in computing opening up new possibilities.
With robots to take over every aspect of human life in near future, robotics expert working with Pune-based Nexgen Centre of Excellence, Milind Mane said that being a multidisciplinary field, robotics is seen as a promising industry.
“We are going to see more use of robots in fields such as security, home applications, commercial purposes, military, automotive industry, transportation, medical electronics equipment, aerospace research and android uses,” said Mane.
With advancement in the study of robotics, Mane said that a lot of institutions and universities are supporting this field.
“There are lots of resources available on Internet and there are institutions that are offering courses in robotics. A lot of industries in India now provide research facility in the field of robotics wherein students have the opportunity to customise and develop new kind of robots,” Mane said.
Throwing light on the robotics education available in India, director, Sinhgad Technical Education Society, Sandip Inamdar, said, “There are many good institutes in India offering robotics as part of various engineering streams, but the subject requires a mix of various branches of engineering. If one is really passionate about this field and wants to pursue a postgraduate specialisation programme in robotics, one will have to find options abroad as it is not available in India.”
The robotics field is not just about building remote-operated vehicles, reasonedInamdar. “It’s a huge application-oriented field that requires knowledge of electronics, computers, instrumentation and mechanics. Manufacturing robots, which are application specific, require different skill-sets and perfection is achieved through experience,” he said.
Inamdar suggested that for a career in industrial robotics or application-specific robotics, one must have a proper understanding of control systems, for which a minimum degree, such as BTech in mechanical engineering, computer engineering or electronic engineering, is required.
“As research companies demand more complex skill-sets with experience, doing a specialisation in robotics is necessary”, said Inamdar.
The Nexgen Centre of Excellence is an industrial technology training division, providing hands-on practical training in advanced technologies with high-end hardware and software set-up.
The company provides a comprehensive educational environment and has developed training methodology in understanding the basic concepts of automation and latest technologies.
At a recently held seminar on the subject of ‘Robotics - the future lies here’ organised by Nexgen in Pune, Mane said that experts from the field attempted to uncover career options in robotics and made students aware about the future of technology which lies in advancement and study of robots.
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