Robotics & 3D Printing in SMEs - Challenges & Opportunities

On 9th of March SME Academy arranged a Workshop in Robotics and 3D printing - with focus on SMEs and the new skills that are required for individuals. In the session Dr. Paul Quantock gave a  brief summary of a research report with some very interesting details regarding the situation and vision in European SMEs as well as some challenges they will meet - or are already meeting. The report was created by the ROTENA project and has served as a base for a package of training modules in Robotics, 3D printing  and how to construct your own robot..

In the second part Lino Ferreira, CEPROF, and Rafaele Silva , Ovar Forma, presented the training modules and their work to develop them. The base for the curriculum and the level of the training modules was to aim at individual with little or no understanding in Robotics and 3D printing. The target group is SMEs and their entrepreneurs, managers and employees as well as students and individuals that want to get inspiration for a new career.
In the discussion from the Workshop you will find different approaches and challenges discusses as well as the situation in the market.

The Workshop was recorded and is now available in video format divided into two parts - Part 1 and Part 2 - there the agenda above describes the content. The first two items are in Part 1 and the final two in Part 2. You can watch watch the videos by moving direct to Youtube - or as embedded videos below in this post.

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Workshop - Part 1

Workshop - Part 2

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Watch the recorded Workshop here

As we recorded the workshop and divided into two parts you can watch them here:

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Robotics and 3D printing - Part 1

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Robotics and 3D printing - Part 2

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SME Academy Network - Events

If you are interested in other SME-oriented Workshops - or have an idea for on own Workshop follow this link to SME Academy Events

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SME Academy Network - Events