The field of robotics encompasses computer science, electronics, electrical, mechatronics, machine and deep learning, instrumentation and AI. The field which involves various subjects and applications has a steep learning and experimenting curve. It also has immense opportunities that come with a lot of dedication. To build a career in robotics, one requires a specialisation in the above fields along with a set of robust programming language. In this article, we list down top five programming languages that are in high demand for the robotics industry.

Lisp

Lisp is the world’s second earliest programming language. Not as popular as other programming languages, it is crucial in the AI domain. Some of the crucial sections of ROS(robot operating system) are written in Lisp. It was originally developed for the applied mathematical notation that can be implemented for computer programs, this feature made it a favoured language for artificial intelligence related research.  

The language is used to develop robot control functions in a microcomputer category which helps in the manipulation of various robot functions. The additional features of Lisp are tree data structures, automatic storage management, dynamic typing, conditionals, recursion, elevated-order functions, read-eval-print loop, and the self-hosting compiler.

Sources To Learn: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/lisp/

(Beginner Friendly)

BASIC And PASCAL

Belonging to the programming language genesis, BASIC and Pascal are the fundamental scripts for multiple industrial robot languages. Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code(BASIC) was initially developed for the trainees and one of the extensively used initial programming languages, even today a few micro-monitors like Basic Micro, BasicX, Parallax use it for training robots.

A programming language that is credited for instigating the constructs into programming, Pascal is fetching language to upgrade from BASIC. The language demands more coding and needs commendable programming practices.

These classic programming languages may be outmoded for current trends, but they are really handy for beginners to get close to technical operators and functionality.

Sources To Learn Pascal and BASIC: TutorialPoint, udemy

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C(objective) And C++

Being part of almost every engineering course, C(obj) and C++ are the programming languages are a must-have on the resume in the robot industry.  Though C and C++ are treated to be obsolete in the I.T field they are very popular in the field of robotics.

One of the very popular programming languages in the robotic industry, ROBOTC is a graphical interface technology which is C-based. C is the most prefered script in the microcontroller and microprocessor development industry.

With abundant tools, libraries and functions C++ takes a significant position in robotics programming platform. C++ helps in organising the multiplex tasks of programming with minimum execution time and plays a crucial role in the artificial intelligent industry. The language is develop-demonstrative, that allows analysing exhaustively and makes modify script line by line in a dynamic level which makes many developers to prefer it above other object-oriented programming languages.

Sources To Learn C(obj) and C++: https://www.learncpp.com/ https://www.udemy.com/c-and-c-programming/

(Beginner friendly)

Hardware Description Languages (H.D.Ls)

The Field Programmable Gate Arrays(FPGAs) are semiconductor apparatus which are constructed around configurable logic blocks(CLBs) which are responsible for the robotic application to fetch desired requirements. The HDLs are operated to program these FPGAs

Which makes it an essential language for robotics. Unlike the other mentioned languages HDLs need a good knowledge of electronics as most of the operations are concurrent processor based. HDLs provide object orientation and garbage accumulation which in a simple way as compared to complex operations and semantics compared to traditional languages which operate on control flow as opposed to the data flow.

Because of its productivity, a majority present digital circuit designs are developed using H.D.Ls. Even though the language is circuit dependent, the H.D.L is a capture language which starts with high-degree algorithmic explanation designers mostly use Perl to generate repetitive circuits automatically.

Sources To Learn HDLs: https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?q=verilog%20hdl&src=sac&kw=hdl,

Advanced Level: Before learning HDLs, you have to beef up on basics of electronics and chip design

Java And Python

A programming which supports in building algorithms as language processing, search and networks Java is a considerable script for AI programmers. The companies look for individuals having core skills in Java through which machine learning, search and neural and many more algorithms can be developed effectively. Even the emergence of new languages has led Java to slow down in the service sector, the demand for it in robotics is still high. Majority of the institutes and universities offering Robotics courses and certifications make sure that Java is included in their curriculum.

Overtaking the traditional programming languages, Python has resurgence immensely in the fundamental programming techniques found in ROS(robotic operating system). One the reasons for this scenario is that Python is a high-level language of programming, which makes it have less code as compared to the existing object-oriented languages. Electronic behemoth companies like Raspberry Pi, Arduino among the list use Python in designing embedded systems and exhaustive automation packages for its withhold from typical tasks of programming. Python also grants basic ties with C/C++ scripts which help in fixing the execution

Staggering issues of the code.

Sources To Learn Java and Python: https://www.udemy.com/javapython/

(Beginner friendly)

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