ABB Robot Education Package

ABB designed a new robot­ic pack­aged to demon­strate and teach real-life indus­tri­al robot con­cepts in the class­room. In 2011, ABB began offer­ing schools, col­leges, and uni­ver­si­ties this edu­ca­tion­al pack­age to help equip the engi­neers of the future with the nec­es­sary skills for a robot­ic career.

The pack­age is based around ABB’s IRB 120 and its com­pact robot con­troller. The pro­gram will increase stu­dents’ aware­ness and under­stand­ing of the oper­a­tion of indus­tri­al robots used in man­u­fac­tur­ing applications.

Stu­dents will get hands-on expe­ri­ence with insight into how indus­tri­al robots are pro­grammed and oper­at­ed. They will actu­al­ly be able to use the off-line pro­gram­ming soft­ware Robot­Stu­dio. They will also learn about the design and con­trol prin­ci­ples of robot work cells, and will learn about the haz­ards of robot cells.

In 2010, ABB linked up with Fox Val­ley Tech­ni­cal Col­lege in an agree­ment for the col­lege to pro­vide cer­ti­fied train­ing. Only three oth­er col­leges in the nation are ABB Robot­ics cer­ti­fied. ABB pro­vides the col­lege with a state-of-the-art lab that includes sev­en ABB robots with relat­ed soft­ware and con­trollers. The col­lege is able to offer the train­ing to employ­ers and equip­ment for learn­ing for the stu­dents. Hav­ing access to the robots dur­ing their edu­ca­tion enables the stu­dents enrolled at the col­lege to have a guar­an­teed job upon graduation.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact us at 877−762−6881 or reach our experts online.