Often, hands-on experience is the best way to prepare college students for life in the real world. That’s the goal of the Omron Senior Design and Robotics Laboratory at the University of Houston.
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Through its charitable arm, Omron Corp. recently donated money to the Cullen College of Engineering to renovate existing lab space. It also supplied cutting-edge factory automation equipment and technology, such as motion control systems and sensors.
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The 1,600-square-foot lab is comprised of two rooms that are painted a shade of Omron blue. “Omron also donated three training units that enable students to learn how to use programmable logic control (PLC) devices for factory automation applications,” says Len Trombetta, associate chairman of the electrical and computer engineering department. “That’s a very marketable skill that has benefitted our students when they graduate. “Learning about PLCs has enabled young engineers to discover more about how automated factories work,” adds […]
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