USCS and Stäubli Corporation, USA – Establishment of Stäubli Robotics Lab

Citation

(2003), "USCS and Stäubli Corporation, USA – Establishment of Stäubli Robotics Lab", Industrial Robot, Vol. 30 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2003.04930dab.004

USCS and Stäubli Corporation, USA – Establishment of Stäubli Robotics Lab

USCS and Stäubli Corporation, USA – Establishment of Stäubli Robotics Lab

Keywords: Stäubli, Robotics

The University of South Carolina Spartanburg, Center for International Studies and Stäubli Corporation announce the establishment of the Stäubli Robotics Lab on the USCS campus. This collaboration launches the first such effort in the upstate of South Carolina between a corporation and a higher education institution to establish a robotics lab, which serves both entities in terms of research and development.

"The partnership with USCS is a great opportunity with mutual advantages to develop the acceptance and knowledge of industrial robotics in the industry and within the future generation of technicians and engineers," said Gerald Vogt, Robotic Division Manager for Stäubli Corporation.

Stäubli Corporation donated six RX60/CS7B robots to USCS for the establishment of a robotics laboratory to enhance its computer science division. The $350,000 donation of equipment led to the inaugural introduction to robotics course being offered in the fall of 2002, which quickly reached capacity and had a waiting list. Twelve students, all computer science majors, will spend the semester learning how to program robots.