An Analysis of Education and Training Programs in Advanced Manufacturing Using Robotics

As industrial robots grow more sophisticated, there likely will be a shortage of human workers with the necessary technical and nontechnical skills to work with, program, and repair their machine counterparts. In this report, researchers assess the state and future of education and training for technicians who work in advanced manufacturing using robotics, with a special focus on the U.S. Midwest region and the adjoining state of Pennsylvania.