This Company Hired Its First Robo-Worker for $30,000–and Never Looked Back

By David Whitford Courtesy of Inc. Magazine   Creating Revolutions, which is based in Miami, makes a spill-proof tabletop pager for the hospitality industry, but the product was plagued by a double-digit failure rate due to human assembly errors, says chief innovation officer Einar Rosenberg. So he brought in a Universal Robots model UR3 collaborative …

Women earning more through training in manufacturing jobs

By Ernest Hooper Courtesy of Tampa Bay Times Without aid of glasses, contact lenses or Lasik surgery, Hiroko Kato has clearer vision — when it comes to her career. Kato is working in the local manufacturing industry, a prospect she struggled to reach until she took a special course offered in a partnership between the …

As the laid-off struggle, high-tech US plants offer jobs

By Dan Sewell and Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press writers - Aug 15, 2017 Herbie Mays is 3M proud, and it shows — in the 3M shirt he wears; in the 3M ring he earned after three decades at the company's plant in suburban Cincinnati; in the way he shows off a card from a …

How Career & Technical Education Can Benefit All Students

By Steve Copacino Courtesy of fosteredu.pennfoster.edu As technology and an increasingly global economy and workforce continue to disrupt traditional work and higher education models, career and technical education (CTE) can offer high school and colleges students a comprehensive set of skills and experiences designed to give them a leg up after graduation. According to the …