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What's the honest day-to-day tradeoff between research roles and applied engineering roles?

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by sarah.santos3 » Sat Feb 15, 2025 5:55 am
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What's the honest truth about work-life balance during a factory pilot crunch?

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by barbara50 » Wed Mar 05, 2025 9:17 am
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What's the interview process like for a controls engineer role at a humanoid startup?

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by mia.weber » Wed Aug 20, 2025 8:33 am
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Last post by cynthia.muller
Mon Oct 20, 2025 6:33 pm
What's underrated on a resume that most candidates leave out?

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by camila.jackson0 » Mon Sep 08, 2025 8:03 am
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Mon Oct 13, 2025 8:51 am
What's a realistic first-job title path from new grad to senior in this field?

Last post by ivan22 « Fri Oct 10, 2025 3:09 am
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by rossi30 » Fri Jun 27, 2025 10:42 am
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Fri Oct 10, 2025 3:09 am
What's a good way to demonstrate hands-on skill without expensive hardware access?

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by deborah59 » Tue May 27, 2025 4:22 am
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Last post by charlesbianchi
Fri Oct 03, 2025 6:48 pm
What's the honest career ceiling if you stay purely on the hardware/mechanical side?

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by mia_lars » Mon May 12, 2025 6:10 pm
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Anyone doing a robotics-focused capstone/thesis on a budget - project ideas?

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by zoeanderson » Thu Jul 10, 2025 12:55 am
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Sat Sep 06, 2025 3:43 am
What does a whole-body control engineer actually do day to day?

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by deborah59 » Tue May 06, 2025 9:49 pm
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Which conferences are actually worth attending early career - RSS, ICRA, Humanoids?

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by camila.jackson0 » Fri May 30, 2025 6:31 am
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Thu Aug 21, 2025 2:34 pm
How much ML background do you need for a controls-focused role now?

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by jonathan.rao1 » Fri Jun 06, 2025 3:41 am
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Anyone gone from industrial automation into humanoid-specific roles? How was the transition?

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by deborah59 » Sat May 03, 2025 7:30 pm
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Sun Jul 20, 2025 4:37 pm
What's a project that clearly signals 'systems integration skill' to a hiring manager?

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by deborah59 » Tue Apr 29, 2025 2:48 am
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Last post by tariqlarsen
Tue Jul 15, 2025 5:37 pm
Anyone left a big-name company for a startup and found the pace shockingly different?

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by karen.chen3 » Tue Jun 03, 2025 7:50 pm
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Fri Jul 11, 2025 10:37 pm
What internships actually matter on a resume for this field?

Last post by dchen « Sat Jun 28, 2025 2:30 pm
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by byang » Thu May 01, 2025 9:37 pm
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Last post by dchen
Sat Jun 28, 2025 2:30 pm
How do you break in without a robotics-specific degree?

Last post by benjaminsanchez « Sat May 24, 2025 4:59 am
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by deborah59 » Fri Apr 18, 2025 7:44 am
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What's your best advice for someone choosing a thesis topic in this space today?

Last post by olga_lind « Sun May 18, 2025 1:45 pm
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by servoken70 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 6:06 pm
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Is a master's enough, or does this field basically require a PhD now?

Last post by ivan22 « Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:36 am
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by rossi30 » Sat Mar 29, 2025 8:55 am
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Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:36 am
Best labs to target for a PhD focused on legged locomotion?

Last post by nicole57 « Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:06 pm
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by nicole57 » Wed Feb 05, 2025 3:11 am
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Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:06 pm
Robotics engineer salary bands in 2026 - what are you actually seeing?

Last post by zoeanderson « Fri Mar 14, 2025 5:51 am
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by zoeanderson » Tue Jan 14, 2025 7:38 pm
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Anyone track how visa sponsorship availability varies across the major companies?

Last post by nicole57 « Mon Feb 17, 2025 6:58 pm
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by sharonschmidt » Tue Oct 15, 2024 7:21 am
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Mon Feb 17, 2025 6:58 pm
What degree path actually gets you into humanoid robotics these days?

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by emilyperez » Thu Dec 26, 2024 8:28 pm
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