National Robotics Innovation Competition

ABB teamed up with The Soci­ety of Auto­mo­tive Engi­neers (SAE) to cre­ate the Nation­al Robot­ics Inno­va­tion Com­pe­ti­tion for Aus­tralia in 2007. The objec­tive of the com­pe­ti­tion is to encour­age inter­ac­tion between stu­dents and prospec­tive employ­ers in the auto­mo­tive and indus­tri­al sects nationally.

Stu­dents part­nered with employ­ers to design and devel­op an appli­ca­tion of a robot in a work cell or a process in an indus­tri­al appli­ca­tion. Their pro­pos­al was pre­sent­ed to a Board of Direc­tors com­prised of experts in the field. The com­mit­tee eval­u­at­ed the pro­pos­als based on sav­ings gen­er­at­ed, inno­va­tion, safe­ty, like­li­hood of suc­cess, and pre­sen­ta­tion quality.

The com­pe­ti­tion win­ner, Jarred Sprig­gs from Deakin Uni­ver­si­ty, had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to watch his idea sim­u­lat­ed in Robot Stu­dio. Run­ners-up received prizes such as ABB Sim­u­la­tion soft­ware, ABB work expe­ri­ence, and robot­ics pro­gram­ming train­ing courses.

The Com­pe­ti­tion expand­ed into oth­er coun­tries and ran through 2009. For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Robots​.com rep­re­sen­ta­tives online or at 877−762−6881.