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News Release from: Kuka Robotics
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 10 April 2006
College gets robot as a gift
Robotics firm donates $1.5 million and a stainless steel robot to the College of Computing at Georgia Tech.
Kuka Robotics has donated $1.5 million to the College of Computing at Georgia Tech The gift endows the Kuka Chair of Robotics to be held by international robotics expert Henrik Christensen
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Dec 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Also donated is a Kuka KR 15SL stainless steel robot to be used to develop automation products for various industries including the poultry and fruit industries.
"Kuka is proud to support the College of Computing at Georgia Tech in its continued pursuit of advanced robotics", said Leroy Rodgers, President of Kuka Robotics.
"Its interdisciplinary approach is unique in the robotics field, facilitating advanced developments in robotic applications and technology".
Richard DeMillo, the Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, said: "We believe this generous gift from Kuka Robotics will impact both short and long term developments in the field of robotics".
"Kuka Robotics is known for technologies that are particularly applicable to the goals of the college's focus on personal and social robotics".
The donated robot is a six-axis articulated robot made of stainless steel.
The use of stainless steel and the robot's high IP rating make it suitable for applications with stringent requirements for hygiene, sterility and absence of particles such as required in the food and beverage or medical industries.
The college's graduate programme is ranked 11th nationally by US News and World Report.
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