The Robotics Corridor educational initiative was launched to train the workforce in Pennsylvania for the $100 billion emerging robotics and intelligent systems industry. This consortium of industry, government, foundation and educational partners is dedicated to developing the necessary educational infrastructure to support robotics entrepreneurship and innovation across Pennsylvania.

Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy collaborated with several local high school and college partners to create a robotics curriculum that starts in high school and extends to technical, community and four-year universities.

This program provides students the opportunity to earn certificates that demonstrate a standard level of training and job readiness in the robotics field. As students progress from one milestone to the next, they will experience how the academic concepts they learn in school are applied in the workplace today.

•Robotics Technician Certificate
- demonstrating entry level job readiness; students can earn this in high school

Robotics Engineering Technology Associate Degree
- through Pennsylvania Community Colleges

Robotics Baccalaureate Degree
- in four year colleges

High school and college partners have an articulation agreement that enables students to receive college credit for high school classes which can later be applied to a baccalaureate degree. As students progress from one certification to the next, they will have an increased understanding of how the academic concepts they learn in school are applied in the workplace today. The 2+2+2 curriculum model focuses on building skills that are essential to the advanced manufacturing and robotics industry, including electronics, parametric solid modeling, programming, and robotic engineering.

To prepare high school and college faculty to teach robotics systems, the Robotics Corridor provides teachers with advanced technical training. Teachers from related fields such as Technology Education, Engineering Technology, Programming,, and Engineering are typically drawn to this program. As their level of training and competency increases, the quality of students moving through this program rises accordingly.

This program will be extended beyond Pennsylvania to help the United States sustain its leadership and remain competitive globally.