Robotics is 95% programming. Our only competition in programming is India. In spite of some Japanese robots that got high visibility press, America is about a light year ahead of everybody else in robotics, and we ought to widen the lead.
We are also light years ahead in software technology. I've seen firsthand the crap that passes for software from India. It dosen't make any difference. India is the Walmart of software, including that 95% portion of robotics. People want "cheap", not quality. You would be making a big mistake to place your bets in robotics. It is no different than the type of software I do. (Embedded) I check out the job ads regularly in all disciplines involving software. The jobs aren't there. They aren't going to be there.
Those who attend engineering school now are in for a shock when they discover that they will all be competing for a total of 150 in the entire Nation.
Have a nice dream.