Ask HN: How to transition into Robotics

I would very much like to work on robotics in almost any capacity and am wondering if anyone can share any tips on how I might be able to break into the industry.

I’ve got about 5 years of full stack development experience and a EE degree. Right now I work more on the server side of things, and would like to continue writing software as my job but just for robotics. I know this experience won’t directly translate over to robotics but I do feel like I would be able to get up to speed quickly using my experience.

Any advice or knowledge from people looking to do the same thing / are already working on robotics would be very much appreciated

3 points | by hdks 3 hours ago

2 comments

  • caprock 1 hour ago
    Find example companies, find their current or past jobs postings (maybe use the wayback machine), and identify the specific technology and techniques they request. Use that to write a map and plan.

    Start using those technologies and building things. Write or at least post about it on X and follow related engineers on X. See kache's robotics journeyman community as one place for inspiration.

  • bigyabai 3 hours ago
    How do you feel about inverse kinematics?
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    • hdks 2 hours ago
      That’s fine