Which language is ideal for robotics [closed]

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I am a Robotics engineer and I have just finished my MSc. I see that a lot of companies that are developing robotics solutions and automations are demanding more and more that the engineers that they are asking to hire, to be able to program. But besides Matlab which is the obvious what would be a good programming language to learn?

And by "good", I mean a language that is heavily used in industrial programming. (Industrial robots, cars and avionics, welding and painting robots and mostly automations)

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Plain ol' C is used quite a bit in embedded systems (it's what I used when I worked with a Z-80 based industrial controller back in the late 90s). C++ and Java (shocking, I know) as well. Ada is used in a few niche areas (avionics, space systems). If you're not familiar with any programming languages, C might be a good place to start and would make learning some of the others (like C++ and Java) a bit easier.

Answer 2

In my experience, C and C++ are widely used in research and industry. They're fast, and there are good libraries available for everything from Computer Vision to Linear Algebra.

Answer 3

Industrial robotics is low level, you're looking at C. Although it's quite a plunge. Maybe think about stopping off at Python first.