Personal statement requirements:
Submit a 300- to 500-word statement of purpose describing your motivation and rationale for pursuing the MS in robotics and autonomous systems (mechanical and aerospace engineering) at XXXX and how it relates to your long-term career goals.
Please give me a review on this so that I can do better and learn how to improve it. Thanks in advance
Personal Statement:
My fascination for robotics did not begin in a classroom, but while watching 'Atlas,' a Boston Dynamics robot, traverse its surroundings. It made me curious as to how various parts and fields can come together to create something so lifelike. This curiosity set me on a path to learn everything that makes up these machines.
As a result, I pursued a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Mechanical Engineering for my undergraduate degree. To complement my major, I pursued a minor in Automation and Robotics, where I learned the interdependency between these two fields. My major course taught me about the design of mechanisms, systems, and machine dynamics, and numerical methods. On the other hand, it was the minor course that taught me the fundamentals of robotics, exploring path planning, forward and inverse kinematics, and control and optimization. To move forward and build upon these foundations, I would like to pursue a Master's in Robotics and Autonomous Systems at XXXX.
My academic interests matured through research-driven experiences throughout my undergraduate studies. At the XX, I designed a pneumatically actuated compliant gripper as part of an REU internship. During the internship, I developed and tested a compliant gripper with integrated bellows to see its effect on mechanical advantage. This experience introduced me to soft robotics and compliant mechanisms, where adaptability is achieved through compliance rather than rigid structures. Additionally, at my university's Robot Control Lab, I worked on a project in Trajectory Planning and Optimization of a 6-DOF robotic manipulator. I compare GA (Genetic Algorithms) against PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization). These experiences deepened my interest in bio-inspired design and intelligent control strategies and reinforced my motivation to explore autonomy-driven design.
XXXX's Master's program aligns perfectly with my goals due to its emphasis on an interdisciplinary approach to robotics and autonomous systems. The wide range of labs specializing in various domains is specifically the type of ecosystem I am looking for. I am particularly drawn to the XXlab, directed by Dr. YYY. His work on the xyxyxyxy Robots stood out to me and aligns perfectly with my interests. I am fascinated by the hydrogel muscles and the embedded neuron to create a distributed sensing loop. Moreover, the fact that this approach allows for high-level locomotion without a central controller represents the exact type of unconventional robotic system I aim to explore and master. Furthermore, the XXX lab under Professor YYY which explores motion planning and autonomous decision making for achieving truly independent action. I aim to delve deeper into how autonomous agents can reason and act reliably in open-world scenarios.
My long-term goal is to contribute to research in unconventional robotic systems capable of independent actions, with applications in biomedical and adaptable robotics. As robotics increasingly intersects with AI and machine learning, I aim to work at the forefront of developing these adaptive systems that exhibit resilience and autonomy similar to biological systems.
The MS in robotics and autonomous systems course offered at XXXX, with its rigours and interdisciplinary coursework, is the ideal environment to master my interests. I am confident that my background in mechanical and robotics engineering has prepared me well to contribute to the research community while working towards my goal as a future researcher dedicated to the future of soft autonomous systems.
Submit a 300- to 500-word statement of purpose describing your motivation and rationale for pursuing the MS in robotics and autonomous systems (mechanical and aerospace engineering) at XXXX and how it relates to your long-term career goals.
Please give me a review on this so that I can do better and learn how to improve it. Thanks in advance
Personal Statement:
My fascination for robotics did not begin in a classroom, but while watching 'Atlas,' a Boston Dynamics robot, traverse its surroundings. It made me curious as to how various parts and fields can come together to create something so lifelike. This curiosity set me on a path to learn everything that makes up these machines.
As a result, I pursued a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Mechanical Engineering for my undergraduate degree. To complement my major, I pursued a minor in Automation and Robotics, where I learned the interdependency between these two fields. My major course taught me about the design of mechanisms, systems, and machine dynamics, and numerical methods. On the other hand, it was the minor course that taught me the fundamentals of robotics, exploring path planning, forward and inverse kinematics, and control and optimization. To move forward and build upon these foundations, I would like to pursue a Master's in Robotics and Autonomous Systems at XXXX.
My academic interests matured through research-driven experiences throughout my undergraduate studies. At the XX, I designed a pneumatically actuated compliant gripper as part of an REU internship. During the internship, I developed and tested a compliant gripper with integrated bellows to see its effect on mechanical advantage. This experience introduced me to soft robotics and compliant mechanisms, where adaptability is achieved through compliance rather than rigid structures. Additionally, at my university's Robot Control Lab, I worked on a project in Trajectory Planning and Optimization of a 6-DOF robotic manipulator. I compare GA (Genetic Algorithms) against PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization). These experiences deepened my interest in bio-inspired design and intelligent control strategies and reinforced my motivation to explore autonomy-driven design.
XXXX's Master's program aligns perfectly with my goals due to its emphasis on an interdisciplinary approach to robotics and autonomous systems. The wide range of labs specializing in various domains is specifically the type of ecosystem I am looking for. I am particularly drawn to the XXlab, directed by Dr. YYY. His work on the xyxyxyxy Robots stood out to me and aligns perfectly with my interests. I am fascinated by the hydrogel muscles and the embedded neuron to create a distributed sensing loop. Moreover, the fact that this approach allows for high-level locomotion without a central controller represents the exact type of unconventional robotic system I aim to explore and master. Furthermore, the XXX lab under Professor YYY which explores motion planning and autonomous decision making for achieving truly independent action. I aim to delve deeper into how autonomous agents can reason and act reliably in open-world scenarios.
My long-term goal is to contribute to research in unconventional robotic systems capable of independent actions, with applications in biomedical and adaptable robotics. As robotics increasingly intersects with AI and machine learning, I aim to work at the forefront of developing these adaptive systems that exhibit resilience and autonomy similar to biological systems.
The MS in robotics and autonomous systems course offered at XXXX, with its rigours and interdisciplinary coursework, is the ideal environment to master my interests. I am confident that my background in mechanical and robotics engineering has prepared me well to contribute to the research community while working towards my goal as a future researcher dedicated to the future of soft autonomous systems.
