Robotics

Spring 2014 Q & A with Automated Manufacturing Systems (AMS) Grad Ryan Guthrie The 29-year-old executive vice president of TM Robotics (Americas) Inc. in Elk Grove Village, Illinois got his start at FVTC and has traveled the world to bring automation to several industries. What first brought you to Fox Valley Technical College?I was first

Spring 2013 Training Today’s Talent The Waupaca Foundry relies on Fox Valley Technical College to help keep its workforce skilled and competitive.When the Waupaca Foundry decided to upgrade its assembly line with robotic arm technology, it looked to Fox Valley Technical College. As the largest producer of iron castings in the world, the Waupaca Foundry

Fall 2009 Rock On! Two talented students build a robot that conquered a popular video game—while enhancing their resumes.  When Mike Teigen and Chee Lor decided on an ambitious final project of creating a robot that could play the popular “Guitar Hero” video game, their instructor, Jon Stenerson, wasn’t at all concerned. Both Teigen and

Fall 2008 Update on Ryan Guthrie (July 2010): Ryan Guthrie, a 2005 graduate of FVTC’s Automated Manufacturing Systems program, is quickly making his way around the world as a robotics expert for Toshiba Robotics in England. Since starting his career for Toshiba in September 2008, Guthrie has traveled throughout Europe and to Japan representing Toshiba