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Re:The killer product of robotics could be a low-cost collab... by YetAnotherNick on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @06:08PM (#28688082)
I think robotics is a field where there are magnitudes of more engineers than required. Look at the college enrolment in robotics vs the actual jobs that are there in market. I would say less than 10-20%(just anecdotal data, correct me if wrong) of the students who study robotics work in proper robotics jobs.
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Re:The killer product of robotics could be a low-cost collab... by TheCoelacanth on Thursday September 30, 2021 @01:47PM (#28709031)
I would imagine that the bottleneck for breakthroughs is more the number of robotics Ph.D.s and robotics engineers with 5+ years of experience. A bunch of bachelor's grads aren't going to help advance the field if they don't even get a first job in the field.
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