where are you going to study? because the school's atmosphire may affect your studies. anyway, go to acroname.com or howstuffworks.com to see what's there in electronics.
you can search for "robot" in google and you'll get endless links, so you can see disgns and what not. you can even get people's email to ask them questions.
as the whole point of robotics is to build an independent inteligence, yol have to give it a "mind of its own". this way it'll be able to think for itself and then make choises on weather to turn here or to blow a candle there.
besides, robots are not just electronics, or just programing, it's the whole package, and the more you know on each, the better you understand the whole configuratrion, and you can get the most out of it
have fun!
adi