There were no robots available for the class.
But when Don Davis and Brian Guy were approached by undergraduates in the engineering technology robotics class for support, they found a way to improve the situation.
Davis ’91 (manufacturing engineering technology) and Guy, chief executive officer and sales engineer with automation and control systems provider Empire Automation Systems, donated a high-tech collaborative robot at the start of the spring semester.
The solution made it possible for the students to learn first-hand how to design, test, and build a fully functional, automated assembly system.
“Don and I both are passionate about helping people and sharing the technology,” said Guy. “We see the demand in industry, the labor shortages, and we are on the verge of a pretty amazing automation revolution. This was a robotics class that didn’t have a robot,…
