{"id":4128,"date":"2013-04-10T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T05:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/?p=4128"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:18:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:18:16","slug":"happy-national-robotics-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/happy-national-robotics-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy National Robotics Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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April 6 through 14 is National Robotics Week. This week celebrates the US as a world leader in robotics technology development. The first National Robotics Week was held in 2010 and was created by an Act of Congress. The inaugural week\u00a0featured 50 separate events throughout the US. \u00a0This year the event has grown to include more than 125 planned activities throughout the country, including a series of educational events for students at Intelligrated’s\u00a0St. Louis facility. Intelligrated is one of the leading material handling solution partners in North America. Which shows how much National Robotics Week has grown.<\/p>\n

Robotics and Materials Handling<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though not that old of an even, National Robotics Week already has a storied history. \u00a0A group of leading universities and companies lobbied Congress to create a “national road map” for robotics technology.\u00a0The purpose of National Robotics Week is to highlight the growing importance of robotics and their role in making materials handling, manufacturing, healthcare, defense and other industries more efficient and profitable, with a keen eye on inspiring students of all ages to pursue careers in the\u00a0cutting-edge field of robotics.<\/p>\n

The use of robotics in materials handling and other areas also is predicted to expand substantially during the coming decade.Over\u00a0the next five years, careers in robotics, science and engineering are\u00a0expected to grow at double the rate (20.6%) of the overall work force growth rate in the US (10.1%). Developments in robotics already have fueled many 21st Century products and technologies and show no sign of becoming less impactful in the future.<\/p>\n

Inspiring Students to Careers in Science and Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n

In St. Louis, college students from Washington University and the Missouri\u00a0University of Science and Technology will tour the Intelligrated’s Alvey Robotics Lab. The lab is a 5,050-square-foot research and development facility\u00a0for creating new applications for robotics in manufacturing and business. Elementary school students also will participate in the tour, including some from the Rockwood, Missouri School District who currently are studying the\u00a0Science, Technology, Engineering and Math\u00a0(STEM) curriculum.<\/p>\n

NASA’s Mohawk Guy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Working with NASA and iRobot,\u00a0the National Robotics Week Advisory Council\u00a0will launch a series of videos this week designed to inspire students of all ages to pursue STEM studies. One video will feature Bobok Ferdowski, NASA’s “Mohawk Guy” and flight director for the Mars rover project.\u00a0Ferdowski\u00a0will be speaking about his work with\u00a0robotics on\u00a0the\u00a0Red Planet.<\/p>\n

At Chicago’s\u00a0Museum of Science and Industry,\u00a0a Robot Block Party\u00a0will be hosted all week in which robots from both the US and Japan will be on display\u00a0and demonstrations will be given of their uses. There also will be\u00a0lectures from\u00a0robotics experts from some\u00a0of the nation’s leading universities, as well as hands-on activities for\u00a0children.<\/p>\n

For more information on events in your area \u00a0click here <\/a>\u00a0for schedules and locations.<\/p>\n

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April 6 through 14 is National Robotics Week. This week celebrates the US as a world leader in robotics technology development. The first National Robotics Week was held in 2010 and was created by an Act of Congress. The inaugural week\u00a0featured 50 separate events throughout the US. \u00a0This year the event has grown to include … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,293],"tags":[1079],"class_list":["post-4128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-material-handling","category-news","tag-material-handling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12869,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4128\/revisions\/12869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}