<p>Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) today announced that it has launched an online, part-time master's program in Robotics Engineering, making it among the first colleges in the country to offer such a program.</p><p>The program will be primarily focused toward professionals such as engineers and computer scientists who are currently working in the field of robotics, according to Pamela Strombom Shelley, an associate director in WPI's Corporate and Professional Education office.</p><p>"These engineers and scientists are currently immersed in robotics and experience the hands-on robotics activities as part of their job right now," said Shelley. "This online course will give those workers even more education and a more sophisticated knowledge of robotics that will help them in their current positions and advance their careers."</p><p>The program seeks to impart students with a solid understanding of the fundamentals of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, mathematics, and mechanical engineering that make up robotic systems; an awareness of the management and systems contexts within which robotic systems are engineered; and advanced knowledge in selected areas of robotics, culminating in a capstone project experience.</p><p><a href="http://www.wpi.edu/news/20123/onlinerob.html">Keep reading...</a></p>