“Robotics will make human life better and will make humans work more efficiently. For example, in the manufacturing context, collaborative robots are not fenced off from humans. They can coexist with human workers and make the manufacturing process smarter,” Wang said.

Students performed hands-on activities in their robotics lab in fall 2019.
Photo courtesy of Weitian Wang

Dr. Wang and his students working in the robotics course in fall 2019.
Photo courtesy of Weitian Wang
Students are capable of setting themselves up for the future after taking this course. Both undergraduate and graduate students from computer science-related majors have shown strong interests in learning robotics technology to broaden their career opportunities. There has also been an increase in the employment of robots in multiple areas such as daily assistance and smart manufacturing.