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STEM on Bnet - Engineering, Computer Science, Geeky Stuff
I'm curious if anyone on BNet is interested in STEM (science/technology/engineering/math) fields. Please share about STEM fields you're interested in, the work you're doing in them, interesting news, thoughts, questions, stories, etc. Feel free to explain a field that interests you or comment on STEM education ideas. It's okay to be broad or talk about various subjects, goals, ideas, etc.
I'll start:
Among many other things, I'm very interested in robotics engineering. I'm especially interested in Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems– typically groups of autonomous robots that work together to achieve a task. I think that providing dynamic placement of multiple sensors allows for different perspectives and can increase the amount of data available to entire systems. For instance, a ground robot may be able to plan paths based on sensor data from an aerial robot. Using the same philosophy, items that wouldn't traditionally be considered robots (such as smartphones, street cameras, etc) could become sensor packages for robots. Networking sensors and robots is a really interesting goal to me.
What are you interested in?
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Been working as a programmer for last 10 years, working in a research department full of mechanical engineers. I build software models to predict performance, heat transfer, stress, weight, cost , etc. of their designs, program DAQ projects to test those designs, and also work on projects for other departments that require databases or software. It's a cool job because there is a wide variety of things to work on, and I get to do some hard science from time to time running DAQ tests.
