Author_Institution :
Digital Equipment Corp., Stow, MA, USA
Abstract :
The mobile Manufacturing Technologies Laboratory (MTL), a program that takes technology education to students, is described. The program was introduced by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) consortium, a public and private partnership whose goal is to improve US competitiveness through collaborative R&D, in 1992. Twelve modules have been developed: CAD, CAM, computerized numerical control (CNC), robotics, lasers, logos, packaging, biosphere, habitat, structures, anthropometry, and time.<>
Keywords :
CAD/CAM; computerised numerical control; education; industrial robots; laboratories; manufacturing computer control; manufacturing data processing; research initiatives; teaching; CAD; CAM; CNC; USA; anthropometry; biosphere; collaborative R&D; habitat; lasers; logos; manufacturing; mobile Manufacturing Technologies Laboratory; packaging; robotics; structures; students; teaching; technology education; time; CADCAM; Collaboration; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer numerical control; Computer science education; Educational programs; Educational technology; Laboratories; Roads; Robots;
