Plymouth State opens robotics lab

PSU held a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating their new Robotics Open Laboratory. Pictured from left is Chris Scott, deputy state director for the Office of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Will Loughlin, speaker of the university's Student Senate, Donald L. Birx, Ph.D., president of PSU, Bret Kulakovich, PSU’s robotics automation program coordinator, Catherine Provencher, chancellor of the University System of N.H. and Nathaniel Bowditch, PSU provost. (COURTESY PHOTO)

PLYMOUTH — Plymouth State University recently celebrated the establishment of its newest multidisciplinary Robotics Open Laboratory space at the Draper & Maynard building on campus.

“We are proud to open this state-of-the-art Robotics Open Lab, which will provide students the space and equipment they need to learn how to operate and design the latest in robotics technology and enable partnerships with businesses, industry, community colleges and universities,” said Plymouth State University President Donald L. Birx, Ph.D. “And we are grateful to Sen. Shaheen for securing the federal funding used to outfit this new facility, which will empower our students to prepare for the 21st-century workplace and to pioneer engineering feats that will shape the future economy.”

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