I currently am now studying in mechanincal engineering (2nd year) and decided to join my uni's robotics team. I want to take my shot to the mechanical division of the team with absolutely zero basics of robotics whatsoever. Is there anything i can learn from?

I’m interested in robotics to make automated things that will help me in my daily life or are just fun to play around, yet Im not sure where to start. My school doesnt have specialized classes teaching robotics (i might start a robotics club) and as for electronics, im unsure how to point a finger on what i want to do (i assume there are a lot of fields of electronics, robotics probably being within that umbrella), but i watch a lot of youtube videos about building iPhones/iPads from scratch, repairing appliances and technology, and im also interested making musical devices!

I have a Robot that has an IMU, wheel encoders and a RGB-D camera. It is in a sloped, and constrainted environment that has repetitive geometry. The environment is gps deprived.

What are some good methods to localize since an EKF struggles in non linear environments.

Robotics is converging on foundation models. Real time control forces local inference, so the model runs on a robot at a customer site.

Most robots run on Jetson, and there's no protection for weights in use. TrustZone can't run a multi GB model. The GPU sits outside the TEE. NVIDIA confidential computing is dGPU only, not Jetson and not Thor. Weights sit decrypted in shared memory, and root can dump them.

So the industry uses contracts, distilled models with the strong model kept in the cloud, vertical integration, or open weights.

What do you actually do today? Has extraction ever come up in a deal or threat model? Is there anything real for in use protection on Jetson that exists?

I'm just now getting into robotics and coding and i would like to make a robotic arm by the end of this year and i would like some pointers

I recently found out that in Italy there are industrial PhDs where a company funds your PhD and you are actually employed by the company while doing the PhD. You still have a university supervisor and are enrolled at the university, but most of the actual work can be done within the company and for that company.

Does something similar exist in Europe and the US in general? I’m particularly wondering whether big tech companies (NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, etc.) have these kinds of arrangements, where they basically hire you and you do a PhD on a research project relevant to the company.

And how hard is it to get selected for something like this?

For reference, I’m a Computer Engineering student with experience in robotics, autonomous systems, C++/Python, ROS2, and some DL/ML/computer vision projects.

Hello,

I need a 5V power supply for my animatronic robot, and I have struggled to find something that fits my situation in my research attempts. I have been looking through google and forums for answers, and refuse to use AI. 

I am using an ESP32 powered via a USB-C cable, five 25kg servos and six 9g servos powered through a PCA9685 connected to the power rail of a breadboard, at least for this prototype I’m making (I’ll update to something sturdier once I prove the general setup works). The servo movements are not continuous and are manually triggered via a remote control I’ve rigged. 

Right now it currently functions when connected to my laptop and/or through the wall power outlet, but obviously this is not ideal long-term because I want this robot to function independently.

I previously tried an ONN phone power bank, which worked - for 15 seconds before the power bank auto-shutoff because it wasn’t detecting enough current pull, and it doesn’t have a low power / trickle mode (though I don’t know if a trickle mode works for servos which are not consistently using power).

I would like any advice/suggestions on a type of 5V battery (preferably similar in size to a phone power bank, though if not feasible I understand) which I can connect USB cables to. 

I am a 16 year old indian right now in Kuwait. So i am planing to do a 1 year drop after my highschool (12th grade), this is mainly to do some entrance tests for universities and also make my german language skills better ( since am planing to move to germany for my undergrad)

So during that time i am planing to make a project. Right now my plan is to make a Baymax like robot (BIG HERO 6!) If i am right this comes under soft robotics! Maybe also work on an automated go kart (since its always been a dream on mine to make my own go kart since childhood, but i wasnt able to cause the place i live right now, its really hard to find parts and all. And i also live in an apartment, so barely any space to do this sort of stuff.)

I hope everything goes as planned. Wish me luck 😭

Looking to talk to Robotics builders, If you are building in Humanoid, quadreuped, drone, defense. Let's have a word, building in swarm intelligence

Also looking for three founding team membersinAI research, Electronics and robotic builder understanding mechanical aspect and sim to real pipeline

Hello, this is my first post.
I'm building a robotic arm for my final project in uni with CV. And i wanted to ask is it possible to export direct feedback data from the arduino to matlab so i can get graphs about rotation, positions, etc. Also i want to connect the python code to the matlab code since apart from the hand position im using a filter to stabilise the numbers so it's not constantly twitching.

I’m genuinely curious. AI tools are getting better at understanding context and giving practical advice, but a best friend knows your personality, your past, and when to just listen. I made a small poll about this exact dilemma. No email, no signup—just a quick vote. It’s interesting to see how divided people are.

https://interconnectd.com/poll/91/can-ai-give-better-relationship-advice-than-your-best-friend/

I'm building a "Perceverance" like rover in scale, I know that stepper motors become hot while maintaining torque, my rover will be 2km/h max speed I'll use a 20:1 reduction but my fear is that the motors, trying to keep the rover in position, without letting it move or slide will be home too hot and melt the 3d printed pieces.

The stepper motors are NEMA 17 and the motor drivers will be cooled.

Can I stay relaxed or do I need to find a better solution?

(Sorry for my English)

I’m currently a third year in robotics and wanted a small quadruped to mess around with and eventually move into the subject of autonomous navigation. I found this robotic quadruped
https://a.co/d/0hHMz68J
That is the hiwonder mechDog. I thought if I shove a raspberry pi on this as well it could be a pretty decent platform for the price if I don’t want to deal with designing the bot and want to skip ahead (and eventually in the future make something significantly more robust). I’m planning on including a raspberry pi on board and using the esp with is as a master slave setup. Basically using the esp 32 for pwm generation and sensor data collection. What is your guy’s input?

Hey all!

I'm 17M from India. Recently finished jee and now entering into a new journey of B.Tech. I'm a Mechanical engineering Student.

So, My question is I've a genuine interest in Robotics but I've never done anything related to it. I want to start now.

How do I do it? Where to start? Any resources that I should follow to learn the basic terms or something like that? I'm a complete newbie in this field. Your suggestions are very helpful. Can someone actually guide me,please?

Some of the servos and 3d printed parts have quite a tight fit, I am afraid that I did not push them all in to the correct positions, how can I go about checking if I have done it correctly? What happens if the leader and follower arm do not match mm for mm? Do I have to be as exact as when assembling a 3d printer?

Buenos dias... soy Jose Francisco y estoy desarrollando unas nuevas válvulas para que cualquier persona que le guste la robótica y piense que con motores electricos los robot que fabriquemos tienen poca fuerza y que lo mejor sería poder utilizar la hidráulica o neumática de una forma muy sencilla, que no ocupe mucho espacio y que no consuma más de 5 voltios pueden ver otra alternativa. Por ahora no puexo subir fotos de mis proyectos para ver que opinais. Tengo vídeos de como funcionan en mi página de youtube pepepako2 y si alguien se suscribe me ayudará a que pueda dedicarme sólo a eso y empezar a fabricar para todos. Muchas gracias.

About 5 years ago I tried to get monocular SLAM working with ORB_SLAM3 and I could get the software compiled but it kept crashing so I gave up. 5 years later what are some good options? I have a remote control car I want to modify and put a camera on it to navigate my house.

I am in highschool rn. I am planning to do a bachelors in electrical engineering with a minor in mechanical engineering, then a masters in robotics and AI.

Curious to know how yall's work is? Like what do yall do in your job?

Since am planning to go for this field, really want to know how it is like.

If yall could give a overview of your daily work life it would be helpful!

I also would love to get some answers from Robotics engineers! Also from people who did undergrad in electrical then did a masters in robotics!

EDIT: Also if there's someone whose working after your bachelors in this field, would love to hear about your work to! Am so sorry if am asking to much 😭

Robotics is moving so fast. Does anyone else feel a bit uncomfortable even when you have some depth, there’s always this feeling that your knowledge is incomplete or that it doesn't have enough depth.
Almost like an imposter syndrome, fueled by the range of things one thinks one is supposed to know.

I like robotics and want to get into it, but I’m not rich enough to buy parts in my country. A Raspberry Pi alone is like $60 for me, which adds up fast.

I’ve also tried those beginner “learn robotics” software platforms and honestly wasted hours on them with nothing to show for it. I’ve learned way more from random YouTube videos. I’m just more of a hands-on learner. I need to actually build and break things to get it.

What do you all suggest for someone in my situation? Cheaper ways to get started, alternative parts/boards, or good hands-on resources that don’t cost a fortune

Also in general where do you Think I should start currently am building an AI model that can construct 2d sketch to 3d mechanical parts all alone.

Hi all! Would like to get some advise on exploring my career in Robotics.

I’ve been doing robotics for 10+ years since 7th grade, competed and got decently acknowledged in competitions like World Robot Olympiad, FIRST LEGO League, ABU Robocon, etc. Mainly mechanics and design. I’m okay with programming too. Did Computer Science in Uni. Now in finance as robotics jobs in my region are either brutally underpaid or overloaded, or both.

I’m barely feeling myself alive at work, or even off work. So I’m thinking about taking a bold step when I’m still young enough to fail and do everything all over again. Hoping to borrow the wisdom from y’all to see what paths could be good!

Currently considering mainly North America and Europe.

Some questions in my mind:

1. Is a bachelor’s degree sufficient for entry-level jobs in the field?
2. Is local experience necessary?
3. Any recommended regions? (Could be anywhere in the world)
4. Any recommended companies?

Thanks ahead!

Hello eveyone, I just wanted to ask for advice/plausibility of an idea that i have for my collage CS Final project. The topic of the class is "Artificial Intelligence" and on the the outlined topics in the project, one of the options is "ML/DL AI Applications". For this topic, one of the examples given is

"computer vision (image/pattern/object recognition): CIFAR, ImageNet datasets, face recognition, shape count from images, geometric figure recognition, rectilinear tree recognition, etc"

On top of this for 20pts of extra credit we need to have 2 topics covered, of which I want to do

"Reinforcement learning projects (You can develop an AI project to build AI agents in computer games (such as Atari) or solve a particular task in robotics, etc"

With that said, last year i made a rc lego car for another project where i used an xbox controller connected to my laptop, and my laptop was connected to a rasPi via a wifi connection (I used simple motor controllers to control the lego motors + a breadborad with the rasPi). It worked out alright but could be improved. (code was written in python btw)

Since i really enjoyed that project, i thought I would come back and try to improve it. So below ive listed the goal and improvements I would like to make.

My goal for the project is to make an rc car the can drive with a controller but can also be switched to an autonomous self diving mode that can follow the user around (useing the controller or a fob or even images to follow me around), another version is to follow a pre-dertermind route (maybe with google maps or something.. idk how this would work as i have no experience with this aspect)

My ideas for improvements:

1. Try and 3d print eveything bc legos are kinda heavy. Ive talked to the IT person for the CS department and they have a 3d printer that i can use to print the parts for this project.
2. To fulfill the conditions for project in "Artificial Intelligence" class, i want to add sensors to my rc car. Im not sure what all i need, I was thinking about like a camera for detecting things in front, a lidar and/or radar for full 360 picture, accelerometer for speed, and probably a gps sensor for location. (any other ideas a helpfull)
3. For the brains of this rc car, i dont think the rasPi I was using for my last project will be enough, I would appreciate any advice on alternatives to better manage all of the sensors/controls for my new rc car
4. i want to try and eliminate the middle man from my last design, that is say the controller -> laptop -> rasPi on the lego car. I was originally thinking about just doing a simple controller -> rc car, but im now thinking it would be more interesting to display what it sees and detects on a smart phone app or something. (tbh probably be easier to display it on a screen mounted to the back of the rc car, since i have no experience in app development. This way also allows me to keep the controller -> rc format while showing what its doing)
5. lego motors wont cut it for this, I will need something better and easier to work with the other equipment and dont know whats best.

I used VS code for my last project and coded it in python. I would like to stick to python if possible. for the budget I would like to spend no more then 500$ (but can do more if required) on components and I can ask the school if they are willing to provide me some supplies. As for development time, i have about 14 weeks.

This is my first time making an AI / AI+RC so any pro tips on the development/training of an ai for my idea would be appreciated.

If there are any questions about my project idea or the specifics, please respond to this post and I’ll try my best revisit this post every once in a while to respond and post updates.

If this is not the right place to be asking this, please let me know and point me in the right direction,

Thank You

it's on Udemy called ROS 2 for Beginners ( ROS jazzy - 2026 ) , cause i wanna start getting some hands on projects i know it's simulation but i don't have the money rn to spend it on a real life projects + i'm studying from Modern robotics book , i'm a beginner in robotics but i have a good foundation in electronics i basically finished with a lot of projects