At the first general session of the National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA) annual meeting near Jacksonville, Fla., Chris Kaiser, president/CEO of BIG KAISER, presented a donation for $4,100 to benefit NTMA's National Robotics League (NRL).
The donation was the result of a year-end promotion by BIG KAISER, giving back to the association a percentage of every order by an NTMA member company. Manufacturers placed their orders for cutting tools, tool holders and workholding products and were earning funds for the NRL at the same time.
"The promotion was a way for us to support our customers and members in the NTMA, and to promote workforce development and STEM programs through the National Robotics League," said Kaiser.
The NRL is a manufacturing workforce development program of NTMA that encourages students to design and build remote controlled robots to face-off in a gladiator-style competition. Through the manufacturing process of robot building, students gain practical knowledge of STEM skills essential for manufacturing.
"The NRL is all about the community collaborating together to engage manufacturing's next generation," said Bill Padnos, NTMA Director of Youth Engagement. "We truly appreciate BIG KAISER's generous contribution and their continued leadership in supporting initiatives to close the manufacturing skills gap. We are also grateful to all of the NTMA members who participated in this program."
Learn more at www.GoNRL.org.
Related Glossary Terms
- robotics
robotics
Discipline involving self-actuating and self-operating devices. Robots frequently imitate human capabilities, including the ability to manipulate physical objects while evaluating and reacting appropriately to various stimuli. See industrial robot; robot.
