I think we are both agreeing with each other, you are just misreading my comment. The OP said something to the effect of: I don't see jobs for Robotics engine

I think we are both agreeing with each other, you are just misreading my comment. The OP said something to the effect of: I don't see jobs for Robotics engineers. (as evidence that robotics is not an expanding field). I said something like: You won't see jobs for 'robotics engineers' you will see jobs for specific purposes. > They are going to hire an automation firm staffed with "robotics engineers". Exactly. If a company doesn't know how to solve their problem and all they want to do is automate stuff, they will hire a consultancy to tell them who to hire. The consultancy will hire specialists (i.e. not 'robotics engineers') and the large company will hire specialists and project managers. There will never be job postings for robotics engineers, all while the number of people working on robotics increases dramatically.