Lawrence Technological University has formed what might be the first Autonomous Vehicles and Robotic Systems Student Committee in Michigan, and perhaps the entire country, as part of the Great Lakes Chapter of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.
The new committee, which was was co-founded by National Instruments,
is expected to create more synergies between Lawrence Tech's engineering students and the automotive and robotics companies. The participating students will be able to leverage the experience into more academic research that is more closely tied with what's going on at companies like KUKA Industrial Robots, which already has a relationship with the committee. The committee originated in Lawrence
Tech's mechatronics master's degree program, which concentrates on
autonomous/conventional ground vehicle and robotic systems engineering.
"It gives students full access to the outside world," says Vladimir Vantsevich, a professor at Lawrence Tech and the committee's faculty advisor. "It lets them interact with companies to get better jobs."
Those jobs will be helping design and develop the world's future autonomously working machines, everything from regular cars to mining equipment to industrial robotics.
Source: Vladimir Vantsevich, professor at Lawrence Technological University
Writer: Jon Zemke
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