Fanuc Robotics America, Inc. (www.fanucrobotics.com) has developed a Certified Education Robot Training (CERT) program, and is making the program available to qualified high schools, community colleges and universities.

The program certifies instructors at educational institutions to train their students to program Fanuc robots.

To accompany the program, an eligible school can purchase a new innovative educational tooling package that includes an industrial robot, integrated vision system, programmable logic controller, and the company’s RoboGuide simulation software.

The company said schools can use the new package to integrate robot training into their programs and initiatives for such programs as:

• Adding robotic automation facilitated learning to Career Technical Education programs.
• Integrating robotic automation in teaching design and manufacturing concepts.
• Creating new courses and project-based activities to prepare students to work with robotic automation.
• Integrating this certification program with career cluster curricula.
• Applying industrial robot training to engineering technology curricula.
• Add this certification program to community workforce retraining initiatives.