| How do we start preparing, start programming on microcontrollers with servos, motors and actuators ? No, get a CS degree and then go to grad school. Mechatro

| How do we start preparing, start programming on microcontrollers with servos, motors and actuators ? No, get a CS degree and then go to grad school. Mechatronics is cool and all, but the main advances in robotics in the last 20 years have been in software based on exploiting new state estimation techniques. Stanford's robot car was just a normal car and computer. On the other hand, you could work on battery chemistry. Advances in batteries will make robots better, along with everything else.