Interdisciplinary Engineering is an engineering major at Texas A&M University that lets me design
my own degree plan. To create my Robotics Engineering degree major, I combined Mechanical Engineering
with Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as several other majors.

At Texas A&M University, all engineers start their freshman year as general engineers and learn
about all the engineering majors that A&M has to offer. During this time, I already knew that I
wanted to work with robotics. I had spent much of my life before college fascinated with robots from
the smaller Roomba (iRobot) to the much more complex Spot (Boston Dynamics). However there were no
majors at Texas A&M University that were dedicated to robotics.

This is when I found Interdisciplinary Engineering. In the interdisciplinary engineering major, I was
able to create my own degree plan. I have taken a variety of classes throughout a variety of engineering
majors on campus, including mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science to name
a few. By taking classes that focused on the mechanics of robots and the interactions between hardware and
software, I was able to create a degree program that centered around the motor control of robotic manipulators.

During my time at Texas A&M University, I have seen the reveal of Apollo (Apptronik), Optimus (Tesla),
Robotic Craftsman (Machina Labs), and many others. I have also taken classes in Robotics Engineering
where I was able to work with multi-disciplinary teams to create various robotic machinery. The robots
that I have seen or made, have only increased my desire to be a part of the emerging field of
engineering that is Robotics Engineering.