Robotics engineers research, design, develop, and test robotic applications.

Robots can be used to do jobs such as:

• Assemble electronics
• Toxic waste clean-up
• Bomb disposal
• Build cars

Robotics engineers research new ideas for using robots. They design and build robotic prototypes (or models). Using the prototypes, engineers analyze how well the robot works and make adjustments as needed.

Depending on the field they work in, robotic engineers may study the human body in order to design robots that copy human movement.

Since robots are managed by computers, robotics engineers must be very good at computer science. Often, they write the software program that tells the robot what to do and how to do it. They fix or debug the program if there is a problem.

Robotics engineers may develop greener manufacturing processes to get the job done faster and leave less waste.