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Building and using electronics and robots (mechatronics) are not on the current AP CSP exam. But that skill is becoming more important for many engineering degrees. The ability to understand them at a deeper level is crucial for many jobs, if only to understand how your job is being replaced by them.

Many skills are needed to design, build, and service robots. Look at a tour of the Agility Robotics factory at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHtEGCBgzjE Printing and recognition of targets LIDAR and other sensors Simulation Hands with 16 degrees of freedom Cloud Not shown are tasks such as https://www.youtube.com/@Electronic.Repairs

Companies building humanoid robots (some in stealth mode since 2015): Boston Dynamics Telsa Optimus Figure.ai O2 (Microsoft, OpenAI) Agility Robotics (Amazon) Aptronic Santuary.ai 1X Neo Elon Musk said “Half of the engineering goes into the hand.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjhqFvDpHY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BppVvsoZ3s Why are we so obsessed with making human-like robots.