Field of studies Automatic Control and Robotics (studies in English) - Poznan University of Technology (Politechnika Poznańska), PP (Poznań) - Poznań, engineering and engineering trades - Study Bachelor's and Master's in English in Poland

1. A robot vacuum keeps getting stuck under the same chair. What goes through your mind?

I start wondering how its sensors read the room and how I’d change its rules for getting around obstacles. I find it a bit curious, but I just move the chair. Nothing – I just switch it off and on again.

2. How do you feel about maths, especially equations that describe how things change over time?

I enjoy it – I like seeing how a formula can predict the way a machine will behave. I can manage it when I have to, though it isn’t my favourite part. I avoid it whenever I can.

3. You’re given a small kit with a microcontroller, two motors and a distance sensor. What do you do?

I build a little vehicle and program it to follow a line or stop before a wall. I follow a tutorial step by step, if it’s a short one. I put it back in the box – it’s not my thing.

4. A drone drifts sideways in the wind instead of hovering in place. How would you approach the problem?

I’d look at how it measures its position and tune the controller so it corrects itself faster and more smoothly. I’d check online whether there’s a ready-made setting to fix it. I’d just wait for a day with no wind.

5. How do you feel about writing code that controls something physical, like a motor or a robotic arm?

It excites me – seeing my code make something move is the best part. It sounds interesting, but I’d rather someone else wrote most of it. I’m not interested in programming at all.

6. Your team’s line-following robot works perfectly at home but fails in the competition hall. What’s your reaction?

I test it under the new lighting, recalibrate the sensors and adjust the code until it runs reliably. I’m disappointed, but I hope it does better next time. I give up – these things are too unpredictable.

7. The programme is taught in English, and you’ll work on lab projects with students from many countries. How do you see that?

As a great opportunity – technical English is the language of robotics anyway, and I’m happy to explain my ideas in it. I can read technical texts, but speaking up in English in a group still makes me nervous. I’d rather study in my own language, with people from my own country.

8. In a lab, you have to wire a sensor to a controller using a circuit diagram. How do you feel about that?

I like it – I enjoy reading diagrams and checking each connection with a multimeter. I can do it if someone checks my work afterwards. I’d rather not touch any wires or electronics.

9. Which of these sounds most like a job you’d like one day?

Designing control systems for automated production lines, autonomous vehicles or service robots. Something technical, but I haven’t thought about which area yet. Nothing technical – I see myself in a completely different field.

10. What motivates you most to study Automatic Control and Robotics?

The chance to build machines that sense, decide and act on their own, and to understand exactly how they work. Good career prospects in a technical field. I’m not sure it’s for me

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