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Skills that raise your pay

• ROS (the Robot Operating System)

  The free software framework most robotics teams build on. Learn it from your own projects, not from a class.

• Computer vision and machine learning

  Teaching a robot to see. This is where the highest salaries sit right now.

• Control theory

  The math that keeps an arm steady and a drone in the air. Hard, and therefore valuable.

• PLC (programmable logic controller) programming

  The workhorse of factory automation. Unglamorous and always hiring.

• Mechanical design in CAD (computer-aided design)

  Being able to design the bracket yourself instead of waiting two weeks for someone else.