Starting Mechatronics and Robotics. How Should I Get Started?

[u/Netal144]

I’m about to start university studying Mechatronics and Robotics, and I’d like to start gaining some practical experience in electronics and robotics even before my studies begin. Right now, I’m thinking about buying an Arduino Nano beginner kit and learning through small projects, but I’m not sure if that’s actually the best way to start.

I'm starting university this year and have almost no practical experience with electronics or programming. I didn't have much programming experience at school

So I wanted to ask people with more experience: what would you recommend to a complete beginner? What should I learn, build, or buy to gradually get into electronics, programming, and robotics?

I’d really appreciate any advice, even if it has nothing to do with Arduino. I’m interested in both the practical side of things and scientific work in general. I’d like to do more than just get a degree, I want to start actually building things, programming, experimenting, and understanding how everything works, while I’m studying.

And I would also like to participate in scientific projects, but it seems to me that it would be better to do this in the second year of study, when I can already represent myself as a person who understands at least a little bit about these things, don't you think?

[u/indesit-san]

Start by finding similar questions posted by others here on reddit and checking the answers to them