The WPI Robotics Symposium: Engineering the Revolution

The robotics revolution is underway and a new breed of engineers will be needed to face the challenges that this exciting field represents.

"I can envision a future in which robotic devices will become a nearly ubiquitous part of our day-to-day lives,"
Bill Gates

Please join us Tuesday, October 16, 2007 for the WPI Robotics Symposium: Engineering the Revolution, a half day, morning program which will be held on the WPI campus.  On that day, WPI formally launches the university's new degree program in Robotics Engineering, the first such offering in the nation.  We have assembled some of the industry's most prominent experts to address the opportunities and challenges facing this industry which touches so many aspects of our day-to-day lives, everything from manufacturing to interactive entertainment to medical devices. 

No field represents the future better than robotics.  The potential of robots to fundamentally alter how we live and work is already clear as robots free us from the drudgery and dangers of many everyday tasks and allow us to explore new worlds. The United States, especially New England, is home to a vibrant robotics industry whose growth is limited only by the availability of engineers with the skills, imagination and entrepreneurial spirit to develop new applications. The new BS degree in Robotics Engineering at WPI is critically important to meeting that need.

"The epicenter of robotics is in New England,"
Helen Greiner

This new major grows out of an increasing demand for robots and robotics systems to meet national needs in such areas as defense and security, elder care, automation of household tasks, customized manufacturing, and interactive entertainment, and also responds to the escalating interest in robots among young people.  This major is designed to prepare a new breed of engineer with the skills and imagination to develop intelligent machines that go far beyond today’s reality. Meeting this challenge requires an approach to engineering education that crosses academic boundaries, since no single discipline can provide the necessary breadth.

Please join the discussion as we preview the future of robotics.

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