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Manufacturers struggling to find skilled workers – BattleBotsIQ might help in Arizona

November 3, 2005 /

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Arizona manufacturers, faced with an aging workforce and a dwindling number of skilled replacements, hope to renew interest in manufacturing careers by promoting a robot-building competition for students.

"We have a problem," said Mark Weathers, owner of Excaliber Precision Machining. "My job is to wake you up to why we need programs like BattleBots."

The BattleBotsIQ program teaches students from middle school to college practical engineering and design experience by getting them to build robots. The hope is the fun they have competing to create the best robot will generate interest in engineering and manufacturing careers.

Yvette Armendariz
The Arizona Republic

Full Story: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/1103manufacturing03.html

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