Delta and NTUT Inaugurate the Delta Smart Manufacturing Lab to Cultivate Future Talents

Delta's Industrial Automation Business Group (IABG) and National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) have announced the inauguration of the Delta Smart Manufacturing Lab. The new lab is fully equipped with Delta's cutting-edge industrial automation products to build flexible smart manufacturing systems, a laser processing system, and an interactive AI Gomoku playing demo. The students of NTUT can get hands-on experience using Delta's industrial automation products and robot solutions in the lab. Delta IABG's General Manager Mr. Andy Liu and NTUT's President Mr. Sea-Fue Wang attended the inauguration ceremony, and celebrated their collaboration in cultivating future smart manufacturing talents.

NTUT's President Sea-Fue Wang expressed appreciation for Delta's continued support. In 2011, Delta and NTUT set up the Delta Automation Center, which comprised the Industrial Automation Laboratory and the System Application Laboratory. Since then, NTUT and Delta's long-term and close cooperation have cultivated thousands of young talents for the industrial automation industry. The Delta Smart Manufacturing Lab will be a new milestone for collaboration in meeting the growing trend of smart manufacturing. President Wang said, “NTUT is currently applying for funding for a Technical Practical Training Program from the Ministry of Education. Once completed, NTUT plans to add more of Delta's automation products, creating even more possibilities for the future engineers of the manufacturing industry.”

Delta IABG's General Manager Mr. Andy Liu indicated that smart manufacturing is the market trend of the future and the key to industrial success. Delta has long been dedicated to developing industrial automation products for smart manufacturing solutions. Delta is also working on promoting academic collaboration to develop more future talent for smart manufacturing. The Delta Advanced Automation Design Contest that has taken place every year since 2014 is an excellent stage for young talents to present the techniques they have learned with creativity and practical operations. NTUT teams frequently display their outstanding capabilities at the competition. Since collaborating with NTUT in 2011, Delta has attracted many excellent NTUT graduates with exceptional hands-on abilities to join the company. With the new Delta Smart Manufacturing Lab and the latest Delta products including robots, machine visual systems, and sensors, the company expects to cultivate more outstanding young talents, and elevate the overall performance of the manufacturing industry in Taiwan.

The Delta Smart Manufacturing Lab is fully equipped with Delta's SCARA robots, articulated robots, machine vision systems, sensors, and motion systems to build flexible smart manufacturing systems, a laser-processing system, an interactive AI Gomoku playing demo, and teaching kits with robots and machine vision systems. Among those, the laser-processing system that can produce customized souvenir charms and the interactive AI Gomoku playing demo come from the award-winning projects of NTUT teams at the Delta Advanced Automation Design Contest in 2016 and 2017. More students will benefit from practical lectures using these teaching kits, which are perfect examples representing the integration of innovation, theory, technical application, and hands-on practice to meet the latest market trends.