Festo Didactic and SICK Release New Curriculum for Robot Safety
ISLANDIA, NY—Festo Didactic and SICK have created a new training program to teach students the latest thinking and technology related to robot safety.
A subsidiary of Festo Corp., Festo Didactic provides technical training on industrial automation. The new robot safety program combines curriculum and hardware. The curriculum focuses on robot risk assessments and a systematic approach to automation. The hardware consists of Festo Didactic’s manufacturing production system (MPS)—a simulated cyber-physical smart factory with six-axis robot, SICK area scanners, safety PLC and safety relay.