About this Course

We are sold out for our January Week 1 Session! For available slots sign up from week 2 onwards.

The world is changing at a rapid rate with technological developments and this has created an industry and job landscape we will be unlikely to recognize in a few years. Computer Science and Programming is the new general course taken by graduates who are unsure of what they want to pursue in the future, a shift from the previous Business and Economic Degrees. Automation is set to cause even further disruption, already having taken up to millions of blue-collar jobs worldwide. Everybody is aware of the phenomenon, yet there is a severe lack of information for students studying different fields.

This 5-day intensive workshop focuses on bringing up a student from zero knowledge in this industry to be ready for the robotics and automation field.

Therefore no coding knowledge or technical skills required to attend this course.

You will also have a greater knowledge when pursuing your own start-up/entrepreneurial journey regarding hardware requirements when negotiating with engineers.

We have coupled a new innovative syllabus blending the best of both worlds, hands-on practices, and even a last day visit to RACE at PBA, a local precision engineering company. Working hand in hand with the industry, the practices, and advice for career prospects will be cutting edge.

Workshop outline

This workshop provides actual industrial robotic automation including:

• R&A industry Overview + PBA/RACE overview
• What is AMRs + fleet management + warehouse application Introduction
• Python Core programming component

• ■ IDE​

  ■ Variables​

  ■ Data Types​

  ■ Displaying Variables​

  ■ String Operators​

  ■ Concatenating​/Checking/Converting​

  ■ Decision Making​ & Conditional Statements

  ■ Functions

• Robotic Arm Applications + End Effectors
• Job prospects + career coaching

Details of the event:

• Date: 6 January 2020 to 10 January 2020 / 13 January 2020 to 17 January 2020
• Time: 9pm to 6pm
• Venue: 67 Ubi Crescent, #05-01, Techniques Centre, Singapore 408560

Lunch and light refreshments are provided*

For enquires, contact +65 90161175

Who should attend:

• Robotics starters who want to know more about industrial robotics
• Students who are preparing for future employment
• Working adults who are keen to understand more about robotics and automation

About Instructors:

Mr. Barnabas Chiang

Barnabas is a veteran in Business Development with more than 20 years of experience, specialized in warehousing storage systems. His roles revolve mainly at start-ups, which encompasses strategic planning and implementation; development of sales, operations and support teams; spearhead marketing initiatives, last and not least, direct customers’ engagement. Barnabas’ career started with an MNC storage systems manufacturer as a Sales Engineer and transited to a regional role managing distribution channels and was later assigned to start-up & manage a subsidiary in Asia. His last appointment was with a Robotic storage system manufacturer, tasked to develop channel partnerships in Asia Pacific. Barnabas is also a certified ACTA Trainer.

Ms. Lavanya Karthikeyan

Lavanya builds an ecosystem for Robotics & Automation (R&A) by interfacing between Business Development and Legal functions in PBA Group. Her role involves enabling strategic partnerships, positioning PBA’s platforms to cater to evolving automation needs, and empowering companies and their people to leverage on industry 4.0 technology. In her previous capacity managing the Industrial Automation & Robotics portfolio in Enterprise Singapore, an economic agency under the Ministry of Trade & Industry, Lavanya served in crafting and executing the National Robotics Programme since its inception in 2015, and the Industry Transformation Map for Precision Engineering. Lavanya holds a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore and is passionate about futureproofing the workforce for deep technology roles. She runs RACE Academy, an independent not-for-profit experiential training academy that birthed from PBA in 2016 to cater to the region’s need for deep technology talents. Lavanya also manages Teddy Lloyd, an independent career advisory function specializing in matching robotics and automation talents to progressive companies. She is currently focused on scaling RACE’s impact across the region and to a wider community of people who risk being displaced by technology.

Serhad Sarica (PHD)

ASELSAN Co., Communication & Information Technologies Division Naval Communication Systems System Engineering Department Ankara, Turkey Senior System Design Engineer Contributed to six “Design and Integration” projects of communication systems for naval ships, led two of them as the technical manager.

Journal Publications • Sarica, S., Yan. B., & Luo, J. (In Print). Data-Driven Intelligence on Innovation and Competition: Patent Overlay Network Visualization and Analytics. Information Systems Management Journal. • Sarica, S., Luo, J., & Wood, K.L. (2020). Technology Semantic Network based on Patent Data. Expert Systems with Applications. 142, 112995. • Sarica, S., & Luo, J. (2019). An Infinite Regress Model of Design Change Propagation in Complex Systems. IEEE Systems Journal