Robotics Grad Schools Decisions Help

Engineerer
Sat, 19 May 2012 16:05:41 +0000

I need help deciding on grad schools to attend.

I’m down to deciding on going to a grad school at 3 places. I want to do research in robotics but I’m trying to think about big picture.

I am down to deciding on UPenn and Cornell. I can literally do robotics research at both places.

However, a Stanford professor wants me to join his research group, but in MEMS, not quite robotics, but possible applications in robotics.

Now if I want to do robotics research for my Ph.D., should I choose UPenn or Cornell? What’s better in robotics? Or should I choose Stanford even though the research isn’t quite what I’m looking for just because Stanford engineering is a caliber better than UPenn and Cornell?

I want to be a professor in robotics, work in a lab, or start my own company in the future with my Ph.D. What schools will help me the best to do this in robotics?

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.