In just five days, technically interested people and training groups, from students and trainees to skilled workers and master craftsmen, can now train to become certified users of collaborative robotics.

"Robots and artificial intelligence will fundamentally change our world like few other technologies before them," says Sami Haddadin, founder of the Robokind Foundation, describing a trend that no longer only concerns large industries. SMEs and small businesses are also rethinking automation in order to exploit the potential it offers and remain competitive.

According to Robokind, knowledge about the interaction between humans and robots and the underlying technology is becoming a key competence for companies. However, access to this know-how has not yet arrived in the broad educational structure and is therefore only available to a few. The certified robot training course for users of collaborative robotics, initiated by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce and Robokind, aims to close this gap. Companies of all sizes that want to automate their production are thus given the opportunity to support their own employees in their personal development and also build up a pool of skills and knowledge that will support them on their way to Industry 4.0.

Further information about the course

Franka Emika's robots serve as visual aids for the course.

© Robokind Foundation

The modular training course provides basic knowledge about robotics, installation and integration into processes as well as risk assessment and process applications. The focus is on the interaction between man and machine.

In theoretical and practical phases, the skills of the participants, such as flexibility, perceptiveness and intelligence, are combined with the positive characteristics of the latest robot technology. This is characterized in particular by a sense of touch, a reflex system and the ability to learn - with and from humans. Such human characteristics not only allow the robot to act safely in relation to its human colleagues, they also make it easier for them to access new types of robotics.

With this in mind, IHK and Robokind have sought out a partner who provides precisely this key technology: Franka Emika. The industrial robot arm from the Munich-based robot manufacturer is designed to work with humans and is designed in such a way that interaction with the technology is as intuitive as possible and therefore accessible to everyone.

Further information on the course can be found here.