• Choose a topic that relates to the robotics.

• Find literature, read and think, discuss with your supervisor, and develop a research question. As you know, a thesis statement is the core point you want to make in your bachelor or master. It is the structuring principle. So is a research question, but it formulates what you want to find the answer to.

• Develop an outline based on the research question and your readings.

• Flesh out the outline into text; make time for a first, a second and preferably a third draft before the finished text (= three revisions).

This means you don't have nearly as much time as you think!!! To avoid pain, start NOW and work systematically and continuously.

Introduction. Briefly introduce the topic, explaining its relevance (e.g. to an academic debate or an important challenge – why should a reader be interested in your topic?). Present a clear research question. You can also include a short paragraph on how you intend to answer the question.

Literature review/conceptual framework. Briefly present the relevant literature to the conceptual framework, explaining how it addresses the chosen topic. Here you can indicate what perspectives in literature are relevant for the topic you will discuss. It can be useful also to present, and define very briefly, some key concepts you will use as analytical tools in your paper.

Empirical examples. Often referred to as “case studies”. Unless you discuss a purely theoretical issue, you need to design on one or more concrete examples of what you are discussing, using them to illustrate your analysis and discussion. These examples can either be taken from academic literature or from other sources (e.g., internet, scientific databases, etc.). In this part, you present the features of a case study, or case studies, that are relevant to your topic and analysis.

Discussion/analysis. This is the most central part of the thesis. This is where you make your point(s). You do his by using the concepts you presented in II as analytical tools, to discuss the empirical materials presented in III. You can discuss different concepts and approaches, you can argue for your interpretations, and you can make comparisons.

Conclusion. Summarise the key points you made in part "Discussion/analysis". What did you find, what have you learned, and how does this relate to the research question of the thesis?

References. A complete list of the references you have used in the text.

Introduction. Briefly introduce the topic, explaining its relevance (e.g. to an academic debate or an important challenge – why should a reader be interested in your topic?). Present a clear research question. You can also include a short paragraph on how you intend to answer the question.

This chapter of the thesis usually includes a section on the Statement of the Problem (information about the specific problem), Background and Need (the background literature related to the problem), the Purpose of the Study (the focus and goal of the study), Research Questions (what questions the study proposes to answer), and other significant sections. In this chapter, you need to support all of your claims and positions using citations from empirical research studies, government reports and data, Web sites, and theory and opinion papers. 

Review of the Literature. Introduces the reader to the research literature related to the topic. The literature review also provides the justification for your study as you indicate the gaps and weaknesses in the existing research. At the end of the literature review, there should also be a summary that ties together all of the literature related to the topic. 

Methods/ Materials and Methodology. This section explains the research methods and design approaches that were used to conduct the study. The critical part of writing this chapter is to describe the actual procedures that were used to conduct the study.

Results and Discussions. This section should include the findings of your thesis and ONLY the findings of your thesis. The findings include:

• Data presented in tables, charts, graphs, and other figures (may be placed among research text or on a separate page)

• A contextual analysis of this data explaining its meaning in sentence form

• Report on data collection, recruitment, and/or participants

• Data that corresponds to the central research question(s)

• Secondary findings (secondary outcomes, subgroup analyses, etc.)

Conclusions and Recommendations. Summarise the key points you made in part "Discussion/analysis". What did you find, what have you learned, and how does this relate to the research question of the thesis? Next, it should describe which objectives have been reached (Contributions) and how. Limitations of the results should be indicated, as well as possible future work. 

References. A complete list of the references you have used in the text.