Robotics

Yes, you can but it requires robotics knowledge as well Mechatronics can be understood to come from two words - Mecha, which stands for Mechanics and tronics, which stands for Electronics. Thus, Mecahtronics is the integration of Mechanical, Electrical and Software systems to make intelligent and more productive machines. Robotics simply is one of the applications of Mecahtronic knowledge. It involves the integration of all the components of Mechatonics systems to design machines that can act like humans. If Mechatronics is a Multi National Company, then Robotics is just one of the products of that company. Some Institutes offer combined courses such as Mecahtronics and Robotics with specialisation in Robotics and some may offer these courses as different individual courses.

What are the job prospects in Robotics?
There are vast opportunities in both India and abroad.
The various opportunities are:
- Manufacturing of line robots
- building robots for military, medical and automotive industries
Some of the engineers are also consumed in by the labs, plants, mining areas, gaming sector and space exploration centers.
You can also option for teaching in this field.
Some of the job specializations are:
- Controls engineer
- Manufacturing process engineer
- Mechanical design engineer
- Computer engineer
- Automation engineer
The use of robots is expected to increase in the coming future, hence creating more opportunities.
Robotics engineering may lead to potential career opportunities in manufacturing, research and engineering, agriculture, mining, space exploration, power-plant maintenances and a variety of other areas.
There is vast scope for qualified researchers to associate themselves with different segments of R & D in robotics.
Most robotics engineers are employed by private robot manufacturers or robot users.
A student who has an M.E. degree in Robotics can get job opportunities in space research organizations like ISRO.
Job opportunities also exist in Indian Institute of Technology for doing extensive research work in artificial intelligence.
Furthermore, The Indian Institute of Chemical Biology offers openings for research fellowships in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.
In India, organisations like BHEL, BARC, ISRO and DRDO besides other companies like Tata and Jindal's do recruit robotic engineers.
NASA is the ultimate destination and a dream for a robotics engineer.
Some of the job profiles are:
- Sales
- Trainers
- Analysts
- Researcher
- Supervisors
- Robotics Technicians
- Robotics Test Engineers
- Robotics System Engineer
- Senior Robotics Specialist