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News Release from: Kuka Robotics
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Team on 03 July 2006
Sponsorship exposes students to
technology
Kuka Robotics is sponsoring the Mini-Chopper Build project, modelled after the popular TV show "American Chopper" for high school students in the Wisconsin area.
Kuka Robotics is sponsoring the Mini-Chopper Build project, modelled after the popular TV show "American Chopper" for high school students in the Wisconsin area The programme is part of an annual event put on by Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Dec 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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It is designed to expose students to high tech manufacturing techniques.
"We believe that by sponsoring this program financially and by helping students develop design ideas that match Kuka design criteria that we are encouraging technical training beyond high school and ultimately supporting technical knowledge and training advancements in the US", said Kevin Kozuszek, Director of Marketing for Kuka Robotics Corporation.
"We are pleased to be offering students this chance to advance their knowledge and hopefully it will encourage them to continue their technical training beyond high school", said Mike Cattelino, an Associate Dean at Fox Valley Technical College.
The program is a part of Fox Valley Technical College's annual event and challenges high school students to design and build a mini-chopper using high tech techniques such as computer aided design, welding, grinding and painting.
The project, opened to high school juniors and seniors, gives the teams a unique learning experience involving engineering and manufacturing disciplines including Industrial engineering, mechanical design, machine tool technology, and electronics.
Kuka Robotics, one of nine corporate sponsors, sponsored one of the six participating high schools.
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