I know it's a huge field. To be honest I'm interested in robotic control, not the hardware.
So what do you think, what might be a good start? Let's say with a good background in python/c++ and math.
My ideas so far - buy some robot hardware. Maybe lego and play with it - try to get into a robotics company. There are not many and as far as I can tell most of them work in the industry space. - try to enter a research group in an university. Not sure if they would accept me. It's about 10y ago I studied - something else... like starting a comoany. But without domain knowledge it doesn't make much sense
So maybe you guys have some ideas? Actually kind of surprised that there are still so few robotic jobs and companies. Guess it is harder then I think...
Robotics is a wide field with many opportunities:
- Computer Vision - mechanical hardware - path planning and localization, SLAM - Control engineering - Software engineering - ...
Then, there are plenty of more business oriented roles: - Application engineering => how can robots solve the customers problem - technical sales / marketing - ...
I think it makes the most sense to leverage your previous experience to move into the field and than find out how to continue. E.g. Start as an application engineer and then move towards control. Or if your background is ML/AI, Computer vision and then progress into another field.
> Actually kind of surprised that there are still so few robotic jobs and companies. Guess it is harder then I think...
Robotics takes a lot of people and money. Hardware, Software, an actual problem to be solved, ... I think once we are seeing a platform(s) to build robots more easily, there will be more companies as well.