Festo Didactic and Universal Robots Academy announced today the release of the Festo MPS Universal Robot Station and Troubleshooting Training Package. The Festo MPS Universal Robot Station is available now for high schools, colleges, and universities across North America, and in most countries worldwide.

Festo Didactic is gearing up again for the annual SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference (NLSC) in Atlanta, Georgia from June 24 - 28. In addition to sponsoring the mechatronics competition, Festo is joining forces with certification entity NC3 and its industry partners for the second year in a row in the exhibit hall. Booth #821 will become an innovative and immersive learning space that provides an in-depth look at factory automation, education and training.  

Visitors at the Festo booth can step into a simulated Smart Factory environment. Highlights of Festo’s product portfolio will be on display with demos guided by STEM teachers and engineers – from cobots and bionics to electronics and AI-supported systems.

In Europe, Germany's mechatronics experts are simply top: at the European Skills Championship EuroSkills Gdańsk 2023 in Poland last September, Daniel Schmid and Timo Oßwald, both apprentices at Festo, won the gold medal in the skill mechatronics. They thus completed the extremely successful record of the German national team, which came second behind Switzerland in the 'Best of Nations' ranking in 42 trades.