Part of Ministry of Education’s PRIME Project... Newly established Robot Engineering Department and Automobile Engineering Department last year
Equipped with design and production lab such as drones, balancing robots and self-driving cars
Focusing on fostering experts in the robot and automobile sectors
[June 21, 2018]
YU (President Sur Gil-soo) opened the Robot Hall and Automobile Hall. This aims at fostering experts in the robot and automobile sectors, which are core industries of the next generation.
At 2 p.m. on the 21st, YU held an opening ceremony for the Robot Hall and Automobile Hall to focus on fostering talents in the robot and automobile sectors. The robot and automobile sectors key fields that were selected by YU as future growth-engine fields and the Ministry of Education’s PRIME (PRogram for Industrial needs – Matched Education) project.
<Robot Hall Lab>
The robot hall stands three stories tall with a basement level and has a total floor space of 3,462.71m2 and is comprised of the blended learning lecture room, lab, and robot fun shop. It is equipped with a lab for producing robots modeled with 3D printers from drones, balancing robots, and arduino compatible human robots. The automobile hall has three stories and a total floor space of 3,934.89m2. It is equipped with a smart lab for one-stop projects that students can use for classes and for design, production etc., as well as a power train lab and self-driving automobile lab. The robot hall and automobile hall were made by renovating two buildings that were used as labs. Construction costs were paid for by national funding for the PRIME project.
<Automobile hall lab>
At the opening ceremony, YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “With the opening of the robot hall and automobile hall, we now have an educational environment where students can share their creative ideas and indulge in convergence and integration research.” He added, “The robot and automobile fields are core industry sectors of the fourth industrial revolution that combines various majors and knowledge. We will spare no support for creating a research and education infrastructure to lead the fostering of professional talents that will lead the future core industries.”
Meanwhile, YU was selected for the Ministry of Education’s PRIME project in 2016 and has been pursuing projects for three years. As part of this, YU separated the electric, electronics, computer, information communication, and mechanics majors in the College of Engineering in 2017 to establish the College of Mechanical and IT Engineering, while newly establishing the Department of Robotics and Intelligent Engineering and the Department of Automotive Engineering. Using its mechanical, electric, electronic and computer engineering fields that YU has traditionally been strong in, YU is utilizing the College of Mechanical and IT Engineering to focus on nurturing the intelligent robotics and future automobile sectors, which are future growth-engine fields.
