Transitioning from HRI research to the industry/Getting started with work | Michael Jae-Yoon Chung
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My research in graduate school was on human-robot interaction (HRI), more specifically, on end-user robot programming.
A self driving car Part 1 My research in graduate school was on human-robot interaction (HRI), more specifically, on end-user robot programming. Unlike other research fields like robotic perception or motion planning & control, companies did not know what HRI was and weren’t sure how I could fit into their organization or which role I could take. I realized that my colleagues who also focused on HRI had similar problems. After spending some time in a couple of robotics startups and observing my colleagues’ career paths over the past couple of years, here is a list of roles that I think…
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