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Tri-Rivers/RAMTEC 2015 Vex Robotics Camp Rocks

Summer RAMTEC Vex Robotics Camp Participants. The Future Workforce of Ohio!

Summer RAMTEC Vex Robotics Camp Participants. The Future Workforce of Ohio!

More than 120 7th -12th  grade students invaded the Tri-Rivers Career Center’s Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Collaboration (RAMTEC) for the RAMTEC Vex Robotics Camp June 8 -10. During the 3-day camp they learned designing, building, programming and explored various Vex, Motoman, FANUC, Arduino and Nao robotics platforms.

 

Participants received intensive instruction in Robot C programming language, the engineering design cycle, Vex Virtual World Simulation software as well as the 2016 Vex “Nothing But Net” Drive, Programming and Team competitions.

Vex Summer website_3144The camp was sponsored by grants from the Honda Foundation, Yaskawa Robotics, Consolidated Electric, SME EF Prime and Ohio’s Straight A Grants.  These companies and organizations are promoting camps as a way to promote manufacturing careers that will help us overcome the estimated 2.0 million American Manufacturing Skills Gap. These partners have really stepped up their support of manufacturing and robotics career exploration by supporting Vex camps.

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RAMTEC Consortium receives $14.99 Million Straight A Grant

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RAMTEC Marion will be the central training and industrial certification center for Ohio. Instructors in the consortium will receive training in Marion.

 

The RAMTEC (Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Collaborative) Statewide Advanced Manufacturing STEM/Career Technical Education Consortium, led by Tri-Rivers Career Center, has received $14.99 million dollars through Ohio’s Straight A Fund. This grant will allow Tri-Rivers to partner with 8 additional career centers to expand and continue the vision of RAMTEC in order to address the skills gap by preparing high school and adult students with advanced manufacturing and engineering skills.

 

Tri-Rivers portion of the grant, $3.1 million, will be used for the expansion of RAMTEC as well as renovations related to advanced manufacturing and engineering—building a world class metal fabrication training center, state of the art CNC (Computer Numeric Control) machines/tools, relocating and upgrading the current Precision Machining program, purchasing necessary equipment for the Welding program and updates for the RAMTEC Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering program, according to Superintendent Chuck Speelman. “This grant will benefit high school students, adult education students and will be used to enhance our Incumbent Workers Training programs.” Read more