Field of studies Robotics and Intelligent Autonomous Systems (studies in English) - Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (Polsko-Japońska Akademia Technik Komputerowych), PJATK (Warsaw) - Bachelor's - Study Bachelor's and Master's in English in Poland

1. Have you ever built a robot, from a kit or with a microcontroller?

Yes – and my favourite moment is when it starts reacting to its surroundings on its own thanks to the sensors. I’ve put something together from instructions, but nothing more. No, and it doesn’t interest me.

2. The robot vacuum at home keeps getting stuck under the sofa. What do you think?

I wonder how it ‘sees’ its surroundings and what could be improved in its sensors or algorithm. Move the sofa. Switch it off and do the hoovering myself.

3. How do you get on with maths and physics?

I like them, especially when they describe motion, forces and control. I get by, though I’m not passionate about them. I try to avoid them.

4. How do you feel about programming?

I code, and I love it most when my code controls something physical. I know the basics from computer science lessons. I don’t like programming.

5. Lectures, labs and team projects will all be in English, in an international environment with students from many countries. How does that sound?

Great – documentation, robotics competitions and open-source projects are all in English anyway, and building a robot with an international team sounds like fun. Good, though technical English will be a challenge for me. I’d rather study in my first language.

6. You read that robots can learn to grasp objects through trial and error. How do you react?

I want to understand how it works and try something similar myself. It’s interesting, but I don’t dig any deeper. I don’t really care.

7. The day before a demo, your project stops working. What do you do?

Check the power, connections and code one by one, testing each part separately. Change things at random and hope something helps. Give up and pull out of the demo.

8. A self-driving vehicle has to make its own decisions on the road. What does that make you think about?

How to make it safe, how to test it and who is responsible for its decisions. That’s a job for lawyers rather than engineers. I don’t really think about it.

9. What kind of work can you see yourself doing in future?

Designing industrial robots, autonomous vehicles or robots that help people in everyday life. Some kind of technical job. Something that has nothing to do with technology.

10. What motivates you most to study Robotics and Intelligent Autonomous Systems?

Wanting to build machines that perceive their surroundings, make decisions and help people. Robots just seem cool to me. I’m not sure it’s for me

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