The RoboMasters app builds on ABB Robotics’ physical training courses to offer a convenient, easy-to-use tool.
IFR highlights 10 women shaping robotics in 2025
The IFR said it hopes the list will inspire girls and young women to pursue a career in STEM subjects or robotics.
ARM Institute announces new project call, RoboticsCareer.org employer capabilities
The ARM Institute’s latest project call seeks to further enable manufacturers of all sizes to use AI and robotics.
FANUC Tech Transfer includes tutorials for robot and cobot users
FANUC Tech Transfer is a website with free training videos to help users learn how to use and troubleshoot the company’s robots.
Robotics Leadership Academy to develop workforce in Pittsburgh Robotics Network initiative
The Robotics Leadership Academy is the result of regional partnerships to retrain workers for careers in robotics.
Kawasaki releases safer and cheaper Astorino educational robot
With Astorino, Kawasaki aims to offer the capabilities of a modern industrial robot at a fraction of the cost of other educational robots.
Women in robotics at Boston Dynamics give career advice at MassRobotics event
Women in robotics can advance their careers with agility, curiosity, and mentorship, said Boston Dynamics staffers at a MassRobotics event.
Only 16% of manufacturers has real-time visibility into production, says Zebra
Manufacturers want more visibility into processes and to reskill staffers to work with automation, found Zebra and Azure Knowledge.
RoboticsCareer.org adds functionality from ARM Institute to address manufacturing skills gap
RoboticsCareer.org has gotten a refresh to help build interest in manufacturing careers and to connect talent with companies.
Black History Month: Highlighting the value of diversity in the robotics industry
Despite being a quickly growing community, the robotics industry still has a diversity problem, particularly when it comes to race.
ARM Institute introduces Hazelwood welding scholarship
The ARM Institute is funding a welding scholarship with the Industrial Arts Workshop in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
READY Robotics and eKAMI teach former coal miners to program multiple robots
The Eastern Kentucky Advanced Manufacturing Institute, or eKAMI, has been retraining coal miners to be robotics technicians. READY Robotics has offered its Forge/OS brand-neutral software to help.
Cirtronics shows high school students a future in robotics during Manufacturing Day
Cirtronics showed off the robots it makes to high school students during Manufacturing Day to demonstrate that manufacturing careers can be rewarding.
Out Of The Gait: Robot Sets Untethered ‘Walking’ Record
The loneliness of the long-distance robot: A Cornell University robot named Ranger walked 14.3 miles in about 11 hours, setting an unofficial world record at Cornell’s Barton Hall early on July 6. A human – armed with nothing more than a standard remote control for toys – steered the untethered robot. Ranger navigated 108.5 times […]
Carnegie Mellon University receives $10 million gift
The Hillman Center for Future-Generation Technologies will be one of two buildings in the 200,000-square-foot complex, which also includes the Gates Center for Computer Science, the university announced Wednesday. The Hillman Center will face Forbes Avenue and serve as the main entrance to the university’s school of computer science. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation […]
Anna University To Create Plm Center Of Excellence With Grant
Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, announced an in-kind software grant with a commercial value of US$23 million to Anna University in Chennai, India. Anna University will utilize Siemens PLM Software’s industry-leading technology to establish a PLM […]
Siemens Announces $23M Grant to India’s Anna University
Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced an in-kind software grant with a commercial value of US$23 million to Anna University in Chennai, India. Anna University will utilize Siemens PLM Software’s industry-leading technology to establish […]
Northern Illinois University partners with AutomationDirect for new student lab
As automation changes, educators need to maintain pace in the classroom to produce well-qualified graduates. To support this effort, Northern Illinois University (NIU) has unveiled the AutomationDirect Automation Laboratory in its Department of Technology. AutomationDirect’s donation of $100,000 over four years also makes it possible to name a term professorship. NIU’s Department of Technology, which […]
APICS Advances College Students’ Readiness to Compete
APICS The Association for Operations Management, the global leader in supply chain and operations management certification and training, today announced the launch of its APICS CPIM Pearson VUE Jumpstart Program. The program provides 100 vouchers annually that cover testing fees for the APICS Basics of Supply Chain Management examination. This exam is the first of […]
Models Predict the Remaining Life of Mechanical, Electronics
New research at the Georgia Institute of Technology could soon make predicting the degradation and remaining useful life of mechanical and electronic equipment easier and more accurate, while significantly improving maintenance operations and spare parts logistics. Nagi Gebraeel, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech’s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has developed […]
UMass Lowell Automated Biomanufacturing Plant
UMass Lowell opened a fully automated biomanufacturing pilot plant with equipment and services donated to the University by corporate partners: Invensys Process Systems (IPS), Wyeth Biotech, and Dakota Systems. Equipment to be donated by Millipore will be used in an adjoining lab to work in tandem with the plant. The new plant and lab will […]
All-in-One Education Kits Enhance University Engineering Curriculum
Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a new range of integrated curriculum-based solution kits for educators teaching engineering and electronics classes. Each cost-effective solution has carefully designed undergraduate engineering courseware, an ideal mix of teaching slide sets, problem-based student labs and industry-standard measurement equipment. “We introduce this range of curriculum-based solution kits to help educators get the […]