{"id":28505,"date":"2020-02-25T05:30:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T11:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=28505"},"modified":"2020-02-25T03:27:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T09:27:42","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-gives-northeast-students-peek-at-multidisciplinary-field-of-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2020\/02\/25\/austin-peay-state-university-gives-northeast-students-peek-at-multidisciplinary-field-of-robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University gives Northeast students peek at multidisciplinary field of robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Twenty-five students from Northeast High School\u2019s Computer Information Technology Academy (CITA) recently visited with Austin Peay State University (APSU) students and professors to learn more about how robotics is integrated in various fields.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_482547\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/APSU-gives-Northeast-students-peek-at-multidisciplinary-field-of-robotics.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-482547\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-482547\" title=\"Austin Peay State University students show off robotic manufacturing systems and robots to Northeast High School students. (APSU)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/APSU-gives-Northeast-students-peek-at-multidisciplinary-field-of-robotics-480x270.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University students show off robotic manufacturing systems and robots to Northeast High School students. (APSU)\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-482547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Peay State University students show off robotic manufacturing systems and robots to Northeast High School students. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Representatives from the APSU departments of Computer Science and Information Technology; Engineering Technology; and Physics, Engineering and Astronomy showed off robotic manufacturing systems and robots to the students.<\/p>\n<p>The students saw a state-of-the-art Fanuc robot in action with an Amatrol 870 series mechatronic learning system. The system integrates several components of manufacturing disciplines, such as mechanical, electrical, fluid and computer programming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis sort of equipment has become pretty much industry standard, and it gives students a feel for what kind of conditions they\u2019ll encounter when they begin their career,\u201d said Matthew Anderson, an assistant professor for engineering technology.<\/p>\n<p>The students also watched a TurtleBot 2 navigate the bay at the APSU Technology Building. Austin Peay State University robotics students are learning to work with the TurtleBots to navigate and map buildings on campus.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Austin Peay gives Northeast students peek at multidisciplinary field of robotics\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mDApp4N379Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>APSU also hosted CITA students for a similar tour last year, but university officials expanded this year\u2019s visit to show how various disciplines work with robots, from programming to manufacturing. The Northeast students also toured campus and got a free lunch on campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobotics is a multidisciplinary field,\u201d said Dr. John Nicholson, an associate professor in computer science. \u201cEngineering Technology has a robotics class (for manufacturing), and the classes I\u2019m teaching are more for autonomous robots in a more dynamic environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are different types of&nbsp;robots in different career plans,\u201d he added. \u201cRobotics includes programming, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Northeast\u2019s CITA provides more than 200 students hands-on experiences in a combination of engineering, robotics and automated systems, digital electronics and coding skills.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[470cetner]<\/p>\n<h3>To Learn More&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For more about APSU\u2019s Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, go to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/csci\/\" >https:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/csci\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For more about APSU\u2019s Department of Engineering Technology, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/engineering-technology\/\" >https:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/engineering-technology\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For more about APSU\u2019s Department of Physics, Engineering and Astronomy, go to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apsu.edu\/physics\/\" >https:\/\/apsu.edu\/physics\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For more about Northeast\u2019s CITA, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/northeasthigh.cmcss.net\/academy\" >https:\/\/northeasthigh.cmcss.net\/academy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Twenty-five students from Northeast High School\u2019s Computer Information Technology Academy (CITA) recently visited with Austin Peay State University (APSU) students and professors to learn more about how robotics is integrated in various fields.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,18282,15527,32241,33979,512,825,5989,1197,31158],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-7pL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28505"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28508,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28505\/revisions\/28508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}