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The promising and fast-growing field of research and technology for application of advanced robotics and mechatronics will gain more momentum in South Africa with the second Robotics and Mechatronics Symposium, which will be held on 10 November 2008.
The symposium will be held at Bain's Game Lodge in Bloemfontein and is jointly organised by the CSIR, the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), the Central University of Technology (CUT), Free State University, the Department of Science and Technology, the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Strategy and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT).
The symposium will showcase and establish the current state of advanced robotics and mechatronics research in South Africa. It will also serve to gain momentum for the planned international conference in 2010.
The symposium offers a common platform for researchers, academics, application engineers, users of CAD/CAM, robotics and factory automation technologies and methodologies and policy-makers. Symposium themes include:
- Computer-aided design
- Computer-aided manufacturing
- Computer-aided engineering
- Computer-aided process planning
- Computer-aided production management
- Computer-integrated manufacturing
- Design for manufacture and assembly
- Flexible manufacturing systems
- Artificial intelligence/knowledge-based systems.
The symposium results from the establishment of the Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics Research Network (ARMRN) last year, the purpose of which is to increase collaboration and enhance knowledge sharing, and to contribute to human capital development through stimulating interest in this area.
The network was founded by the CSIR and the UKZN. The ARMRN has expanded to include the CUT, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, Stellenbosch University, the TUT and others.
More information can be obtained at http://armrn.manufacturingafrica.com or http://www.cut.ac.za. |
