FANUC places education centre stage at Automation UK

As part of its campaign to inspire the next generation of robotics engineers, automation experts FANUC UK will showcase a suite of education-themed initiatives at the first ever Automation UK event at the CBS Arena in Coventry on 20-21 June.

Recognising its responsibility to help inspire a future talent pipeline, FANUC is placing education at the front and centre of its activities throughout 2023. The Automation UK event will serve as the ideal springboard to highlight the benefits of a career in robotics, as well as demonstrate to visitors the myriad applications of FANUC’s robot and cobot solutions across sectors as diverse as food and beverage, pharmaceutical, automotive, aerospace, FMCG and general manufacturing.

Giving visitors the chance to get up close and personal with working robotic systems, FANUC UK’s stand will host its standard education cell, an easy-to-use, plug-and-play solution. Featuring a FANUC ER-4iA industrial robot at its core, this is a popular choice at schools, colleges, universities, training centres and OEM training facilities around the world.

Also on display will be a collaborative solution, the CRX educational package, featuring a FANUC CRX-10iA cobot and all the functions required to teach core programming skills.

Organised by BARA, Automation UK will bring together over 50 leading robotics and auxiliary components suppliers and system integrators.

As a founder exhibitor and longstanding BARA member, FANUC is committed to increasing UK uptake of automation through educational outreach.

FANUC UK’s head of sales, Oliver Selby, comments: “Automation presents a solution to several challenges facing manufacturers today, from unskilled labour shortages and increasing product quality to waste reduction. If UK manufacturing is to remain internationally competitive, we need to heavily embrace automation and at FANUC UK, we are determined to be a key driving force for change.

“From our partnership with WorldSkills UK and our accredited Training Academy at our Coventry HQ to the delivery of robotic equipment to training locations such as schools and technical colleges, we are committed to inspiring the next generation towards a career in robotics and automation.

Oliver Selby and Satty Cole, FANUC’s Education Business Development Manager, will present on the importance of reducing the skills gap to support growth in automation adoption at 2pm on 20th June at the Automation UK seminar theatre. For more information, go to https://www.automation-uk.co.uk/seminar

FANUC will be exhibiting on Stand B14m at the show.

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