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NIU x Omron Foundation - Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory
Omron Foundation donated equipment and funding to establish the Omron Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory at NIU's CEET, providing students with hands-on access to Omron SYSMAC technologies for industrial automation and robotics research.
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- development
- Status
- Activeoperating
- Announced
- 2013-04-1813.5 years ago
- Start
- 2013-04-1913.5 years ago
- Active for
- 13.5 years
Who’s involved
Public research university in DeKalb, Illinois with active robotics research through its College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET). Home to the Omron Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory (established 2013 with Omron [Foundation](/companies/foundation) support) and NSF-funded swarm robotics research led by Associate Professor Sachit Butail. The NIU Robotics Club, founded in 2012, has won multiple Midwestern Robotics Design Competition titles including first-ever flying robot and autonomous robot entries.
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- Omron Foundation · technology provider
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