Robotics Technology Park Partners with Alabama Community Colleges

THE SHOALS-The two-year college system board of trustees agreed to a new service agreement plan for the Robotics Technology Park (RTP) located in Tanner, AL, allowing each community college in the state the opportunity to use the park and utilize the training that can be provided to local campuses.  The new plan includes offering courses, lesson plans for colleges and K-12, train the trainer lectures, tours for high school students and other educational services.

RTP is a collaboration between the state of Alabama, Alabama Community College System, Department of Commerce, AIDT and robotics industry leaders across the nation and is an economic development recruiting tool for the entire state.  The $80 million research and development park consists of three individual facilities focused on training and development in the field of robotics.

Services and use of RTP are free to Alabama’s industries and businesses.  More information on RTP, including course descriptions and schedules can be found on RTP’s website.

The Robotics Maintenance Training Center is a 60,000 square foot facility that provides Alabama industries with training in industrial safety and state-of-the-art automation processes.

The Research and Development Center is 43,000 square feet and provides a location that is dedicated to research and development of robot/automation technologies.

The 51,000 square foot Integration, Entrepreneurial and Paint/Dispense Training Center allows Alabama businesses to build, install and adapt automation equipment for new and existing manufacturing process while the Paint/Dispense unit provides training in manual paint spraying techniques as well as robotic dispense training or can be used for dispense process research and testing.