I don't do a lot of these announcements, but this one is a must. I graduated from ONU in the class of (we won't go there). The ONU Engineering Department has also been quite active with the Lima, Ohio chapter of SME.
Kuka Robots at ONU New Robotics Center
Kuka Robotics Corporation announced it has been selected by Ohio Northern University (ONU) to provide robotics for its newly remodeled and expanded robotics technology center. The center to be named the "ONU Robotics Technology Center of Excellence, powered by Kuka Robotics Corporation" will provide students with hands on design and programming experience using Kuka robots, controllers and software. The university opened the center located in Taft Memorial Hall on South Union Street in Ada, Ohio, on January 26th, 2007.
The ONU Robotics Technology Center of Excellence is a part of the Department of Technological Studies, and is in the College of Arts and Sciences. Currently the center has seven Kuka KR3 robots including Kuka controllers and software. Five of the robots are being interfaced to PLCs and CNC machines in a simulated manufacturing environment performing loading, unloading, and part transfer functions. Two are being slated to be used by their award winning competitive traveling robotics team as they go from competition to competition.
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