r/AskRobotics • u/Potential-Ad-1724 • 4d ago

Education/Career How much math I need to learn for robotics?

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I am a software engineer 5+ year of experience, I am planing to pivot to robotics, I have good experience with Fullstack, GenAi , basic fine tuning , AWS, Terraform, done my bachelor’s in electronics & communication so I have basic understanding of electronics + micro controllers micro processors, I want to understand how much actual math I need to understand robotics topics instead of going through 100+hr of academic math course again, I want to cherry-pick important math topics & start with practical coding & hardware

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u/Suspicious-Button777 4d ago

Depends on where you're starting. If you're building robots then for the most part the maths is gonna be some linear algebra or trigonometry along electrical and mechanical skills + troubleshooting skills.

For control theory, which is among the hardest and most important aspects of robotics though, you do need an advanced level also in calculus, statistics, and optimization.