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Amazon and Howard announce expansion of academic collaboration

Amazon just expanded its robotics partnership with Howard University. New RoboLab gives students hands-on prototype development experience.

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Corporate-academic partnerships in robotics and AI are accelerating talent pipeline development, with major tech companies investing directly in university programs to shape the next generation of AI/robotics talent.

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  1. Amazon-Howard University partnership expansion

  2. New interdisciplinary robotics courses

  3. RoboLab for prototype development and feasibility testing

  4. Focus on hands-on student engagement in robotics

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Publisher excerpt: Expansion includes the creation of interdisciplinary robotics courses and RoboLab, where students will engage in prototype development and feasibility testing.
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