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Georg-Simon-Ohm vocational college relies on Rebel Cobots and Education Kits from Igus to enable students to get into robot programming easy
Cologne, June 17, 2025 – Fine out young people for technology: The plastic specialist and robotic manufacturer Igus pursues this goal with its educational offers especially for schools, universities and universities. This also includes the Rebel Education Kit: a learning package that should enable students and students to play playful into robotics using the Rebel Cobot. The Education Kits are used, among others, at the Georg-Simon-OHM vocational college in Cologne. In this way, the students have the opportunity to acquire the first programming knowledge and to try out practical applications.
From electrical engineering to database knowledge to software development: training as an information technology assistant at the Georg-Simon-OHM vocational college in Cologne includes a varied teaching program. This also includes programming robots in order to convey special qualifications in automation technology to the students. “Humanoid robotics systems have so far been used for our robotics class, which have become prone to fault over time,” explains Kevin Meyer, teacher of electrical engineering and robotics at the Georg-Simon-OHM vocational college. “Therefore, we needed replacement for the old systems and made a targeted search for robotic arms that are easy to use and enable realistic application scenarios.” The vocational college finally found what I was looking for at the Cologne plastic specialist Igus.
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Learn programming with realistic application examples
“Igus was already aware of our energy chains, but in our search we also came across the low-cost automation offer and made an appointment on site,” says Kevin Meyer. On the 400 square meter customer test area, customers can see numerous automation solutions from practice in action and, together with the robotics experts from Igus, test the feasibility of their planned application. The choice finally fell to ten ReBeL Cobots With six axes included Education Kits. “There are many robots on the market, but the alternatives for our purposes either too small or too expensive. In addition, easy usability was also important for us.” The Rebel Cobot with a weight of only 8.2 kilograms, a load of two kilograms and a range of 664 millimeters is already available in the fully equipped plug-and-play variant for 4,970 euros. The Education KIT includes over 100 hours of learning material and project plates that are assembled on a work surface. Different scenarios can be programmed with a reference to reality on the basis of which: whether sorting containers in a high -rank, removing components of a bicycle from the conveyor belt and using the quality control on the bike. The free and license -free Igus Robot Control Software also enables easy usability and makes it easier to get started with robot programming.
Targeted learners for the modern working world
The Rebel Cobots and Education Kits have been in use in four robotics classes of the vocational college for one year. “Most students like to work with the robots. At the beginning, the service was still a challenge for some, but in the end everyone made it,” says Kevin Meyer. The software is visually very clear and enables the students to quickly make small progress. Alexander Mühlens, Head of Low-Cost automation at IGUS, emphasizes: “We are very important to promoting the robot growth, so we are always particularly pleased with such projects. With our wide range of education, we would like to support schools, universities and universities in conveying theoretical knowledge in a practical way and preparing learners specifically for the modern working world.”
You can find more information about the Igus robotics training offer here:
https://www.igus.de/automation/bildungsprogramm
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