A new Coding Girls programme with Roboteco-Italargon
They traditionally aren’t many, but they are increasing year after year. They’re fiercely determined. They’re the young women attending the Istituto tecnico industriale Archimede in Treviglio, in the Province of Bergamo, which hosted the first educational session of the Coding Girls Robotics Course in collaboration with Roboteco-Italargon [see news: The Uniting Robot].
“The young women proved to be very careful and participative. Laura, 16, speaking of the Roboteco experts, said she was ready to dive into robotic soldering,” explains Onelia Onorati, Press Officer for the Mondo Digitale. “Even Roberta finally felt a protagonist of a project supporting the choices of the young women. She is one of the five girls in the class.”
The session held yesterday (Oct. 28) involved three classes on the IT and Mechanics curriculums at the school directed by Maria Chiara Pardi. Here is Onelia’s report.
The interactive talk opened with an introduction by Marianna Coletta, Roboteco Italargon Marketing. Marianna explained that she studied architecture and is extremely satisfied with her career in robotics, despite having had to overcome many obstacles during her training years. “Ours is a reality in which collaboration between very different teams and business sectors is at its maximum in order to promptly and precisely address the requests of companies. We have installed over 4 thousand robots worldwide. We have over 60 engineers and technicians.”
Mattia Mazza, Project Manager at Roboteco Italargon, explained the various project phases that follow initial contacts with customers, illustrating the new software features and the intuitive interfaces that reduce execution times. Today, we can programme offline while the robots continue to work. “The first phase concerns the exchange of information and the search for the most suitable technical solution to resolve client needs. Then, we move on to 3D modelling of the layouts that are sent to the customer for approval. Subsequently, the technical office generates the electrical diagram and then there are the final functional tests,” explained Mattia. The case histories presented enthralled the boys, especially the video of a flaming Ducati Panigale motorbike or the various practical examples in the automotive sector, in which the Ponte San Pietro group is very active.
Serena Granelli, human resources, gave students a taste of life at the company. She shared a moment from the Christmas dinner in which the employees participated in challenges with Lego bricks.
The day ended with a message from Prof. Barbara Malatino, Assistant to the Principal, who was happy about the opportunity to introduce students - always “thirsty” for experiences of the outside world – to the world of production.
