Industry Partner Information

This competition was developed with the aim of enhancing the interaction and collaboration between students, industries and universities. The objective of this competition is for university students to develop a project proposal for an innovative and cost effective way to manufacture an existing component or improve a manufacturing process through the use of robot-based automation.

Employers are being asked to become ‘industry partners’ and to look at their existing manufacturing processes to identify areas for improvement via the integration of a robot. Students will then use this process improvement situation in order to investigate a possible solution through the thorough consideration of the financial, safety, quality and environmental elements.

Note that projects do not have to be automotive related and multiple projects from companies are welcome as a number of universities around Australia have already expressed their interest in participating in the competition.

Benefits for participating employers include:

• A fully researched solution proposal for your needs, complete with benefits such as cost-savings, productivity, quality, financial, economic and safety considerations
• The possibility of having your process fully simulated in Robot studio for the winning proposal (valued at $4000)
• Access to the design and innovation skills of some of the brightest students Australia has to offer at no cost
• Contribution to the development and training of Australia’s young engineering talent
• Increased competitive advantage through the consideration of implementing cutting edge technology into existing processes
• Promotional opportunities and nation-wide exposure

Previously participating employers have signed on again for 2008, impressed with the work completed by students. Past projects can be found here.

More detailed information regarding the submittal of a potential project for students can be found in the flyer for employers on the right or via this link.

To register one or more projects, please you can do one of the following:
(i) If you know the details of the project(s) you will be offering, fill in the registration form that can be found here.
(ii) If you are unsure of any aspect of the competition or project to be offered, call the ABB Helpline on 1800 ABB HELP (1800 222 435) and ask to speak to someone concerning the robotics competition.
(iii) If you would like to have a competition organiser contact you, please register your interest by sending a short email to robots@au.abb.com and we will be in contact as soon as possible.