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	Website URL:	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihOsdC85-gc
	Website Title:	Gigniks: Robotics Engineer (NASA JPL)
	Description:	Interview with a robotics engineer for NASA WHAT YOU DO: A robotics engineer researches, designs, develops, operates and repairs robots. EDUCATION: A robotics engineer requires extensive knowledge of engineering, computers, design, mechanics, physics, and advanced math. Robotics engineers usually have to earn at least a bachelor's degree in engineering, graduate from a program that's certified by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, and pass the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam. USEFUL SKILLS: Coordination, critical thinking, problem solving, imagination. HOW TO GET IN: Get an internship while in college. CAREER PATH: Focus on a subsystem of robotics (the mechanical, electrical, computing, or software system, for example) while in school and working as an intern. Graduate college and start work as a junior engineer focusing on one of these subsystems. After you have some experience in one of these fields, you can work on whole robotic systems. PAYBACK: Median annual salary: $90,580 DOWNSIDES: Little flexibility, requires extreme focus and concentration. FUTURE OF JOB: The number of jobs is expected to grow 3% to 9% in the 2013-22 decade, which is slower than average. NETWORKING: Robots.net is a robotics new site that also allows people involved in the robotics field to share and discuss their projects: http://robots.net/
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	Categories:	07.05 AI/Robotics 06.02.02 Mechanical

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