Secondary school specialization in robotics and FMS: A practical experience (a viewpoint)

This paper deals with the problems of the education of the staff in robotics and flexible automation at the secondary school level. It deals with an experiment which aims at training technicians for robotics and flexible manufacturing systems. The experiment began in 1989. and now the second generation of students that studies according to the curricula of this experiment has completed the education. Previous experience. especially from the standpoint of the result of the students and problems that arise during the realization of the experiment. are analyzed in this text.