Integrated Smart Education in Robotics Erasmus Project

Project Title

Integrated Smart Education in Robotics

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

The changes in the manufacturing happen faster and faster. Nowadays manufacturing systems and processes are complicated. Sustainable and customized manufacturing are the main keywords to characterize nowadays manufacturing. For this purpose the new paradigm of manufacturing has been developed. It is called the new industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) where new business models, reconfigurable robot-based manufacturing, Internet of things, intelligent adaptable manufacturing processes, etc are the main topics. The new needs in manufacturing are interdisciplinary thinking, more complex and sophisticated workplaces and processes, new skills and complex knowledge, a lot of collaborative and cross-cultural competences, on-line support for decision making.Therefore, the INSMER project concentrated on developing a solid supportive platform for the nowadays modern manufacturing. INSMER project results consist of high level integration of educational institutions, competence centres and companies (supportive structure); the smart intellectual outputs (modular curricula in Output 1 (O1), adult training programs in O2, case books and other case-based learning supportive tools in O3) as a basic for offering output oriented education in robotics field.

In the development of all INSMER outputs modern teaching methods and tools for smart education were used. The best practices, novel approaches in education, needs of partner countries’ industries, possibilities and competences of partner educational organizations are considered in development of intellectual outputs.

Our direct target groups were:
1) students of robotics of partner educational institutions who due to new curricula in robotics and case-book will be more competitive in labor market;
2) employees attending in adult training programs in robotics and using the case-book, whom competence will raise;
3) organizations attending in the project who gather more competence and gather more students and adults due to up-to-date programs.
Indirect target groups are: companies who achieve employees with appropriate education / training and will be more competitive; other educational institutions who can use the information and experiences of the project for improving their curricula.

For achieving all above-mentioned, INSMER consisted of an excellent team of educational institutions (TTK, RTK, LAMK) and competence centres, doing research and training and counseling about the needs of the industry and trends in mechatroncs (IMECC, KTK). Through this consortium, education and industry are brought closer to each other in providing education that matched industrial needs.

Intellectual outputs of the project were:
1) In Output 1: integrated modular curriculum for robot operator and integrated modular curriculum for robot-systems technician (based on the common structure and study outputs 3 robotics curricula on different vocational levels were developed in INSMER);
2) In Output 2: different modular adult training programs (total of 17 adult training programmes in robotics accompanied with selected study materials).
3) In Output 3: case-book for smart education spread together with O1 and O2 results to students and adult learners (publication version and detailed and technical long versions of 12 robotics cases). For the evaluation of the INSMER final report, the full version of the INSMER case-book is available here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1k1V-xYAxBER1qLQHtIJk_NjcQNHKQdb4

The outputs of this project that are targeted to vocational training as well as adult training, are also possible to broaden to advanced trainings for other educational institutions and offered for employees of the companies. In addition, INSMER case-book for robotics education was developed that is possible to use for advanced training programs. Students and company employees as adult learners using the INSMER case-book can obtain more knowledge about robotics that makes them more competitive in labor market. In addition, it supports companies to increase their efficiency and profitability. As human resources (the skills of future and current employees) are one of the most important resources in the company, education that responds to the needs of the industry will provide companies with competent employees thereby increasing the productivity, effectiveness and competitiveness of the companies and the industry as a whole. All planned objectives and expected results of the INSMER project were well achieved. By the end of the project in 2019, INSMER new curricula of O1 is already adapted and implemented in 2 schools in total content (project partner Tallinn University of Applied Sciences, TTK and other cooperation partner – Tallinn Industrial Education Centre) and modularily (partly) at RTK in Latvia and LAMK in Finland. IMECC and Turku KTK are already implementing O2 adult training programs to adult learners/employees of the partner companies.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 365459,75 Eur

Project Coordinator

OU IMECC & Country: EE

Project Partners

• LAB AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY
• TALLINNA TEHNIKAKORGKOOL
• Profesionalas izglitibas kompetences centrs “Rigas Tehniska koledza”
• Koneteknologiakeskus Turku Oy Oyj