According to Donald L. Birx, PSU president, the funds will be used to build a state-of-the-art robotics lab with an eye towards creating the next generation machine-learning manufacturers and robotics workforce. Birx was quoted on the PSU website saying:
“This grant will ensure that our students have the most advanced training, equipment and tools at their disposal, providing experiential, project-based learning, a central component of our unique Cluster Learning Model. Access to this cutting-edge technology means access to an emerging job market in New Hampshire’s high-tech sector.”
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The state-of-the-industry, 4,500-square-foot lab will be created on the historic Draper & Maynard Building’s top floor and will include electronic benches, laboratory space, classrooms, and additional instruction space. Completion of the lab is anticipated by Fall 2023.
Robotics-related jobs are in demand with more 4,000 openings across New England over July, August and September of this year, and 200 of those were in New Hampshire. The world’s largest industrial robot manufacturer, Fanuc, estimates that by 2027 there will robotics workforce will be experiencing a shortfall of one million workers.
PSU began offering a degree program for Bachelor of Science in Robotics in late 2021, becoming the first school to do so in New Hampshire.