...Roemi Fernández; Héctor Montes; Carlota Salinas; Pablo González de Santos; Manuel Armada Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the design of a training tool intended to improve deminers' technique during close‐in detection tasks. Design/methodology/approach Following...

... MCB UP Limited 1996 Graduates Research Robotics Training Universities Features Florida sunshine robotics Oren Masory Mission The mission of the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Robotics Center is to co-ordinate the efforts of interested faculty members from all departments...

...Paul Anderson Examines the work and training programmes of Dürr, a worldwide supplier of paint plants to the automotive industry. Describes how training is organized at the Dürr Technical Centre in Germany and how both off‐the‐job and on‐site training programmes can be developed. Explains that Dürr...

...Paul Robinson Examines the importance of training engineers, particularly in the field of robotics. Discusses the paucity of courses at universities and compares this with the greater number of courses at technical colleges. Explains factors which inhibit the development of relevant courses...

... and the job prospects for graduates from each. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Careers Education Engineering Germany Training Universities Features Engineering education in Germany Casual observers may think that the German system of higher education is much like any other. It is not; in fact...

... for 11–15 year olds which includes a robot, controller and a teaching package. The main market is expected to be the USA. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Robots Training Electronics Israeli robots teach the world Anna Kochan Israel s robot population is estimated at around 250, an impressive figure...

...M H Wu; Z D Zhou; R Healey Looks at a research project which aims to develop a network system to provide a cost‐effective tool for the teaching and training of robot programming. The system requires only one robot and several PCs and with the use of a language conversion system only one robot...

...Colin Davis Looks at the kind of technological education and training which will be necessary to staff the successful companies of the year 2000, concentrating on the recent European Automation and Robotics Training Conference held in London, where a discussion of this subject took place. Topics...