Robotics Open Lab Grand Opening

$1 million in federal funding helps launch advanced multidisciplinary facility

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Robotics Open Lab Ribbon Cutting
(L-R) Chris Scott, deputy state director, Office of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen; Will Loughlin ’25; President Donald Birx; Bret Kulakovich, PSU’s robotics automation program coordinator; Catherine Provencher, chancellor, University System of New Hampshire; and Provost Nathaniel Bowditch.

 

Plymouth State formally opened its multidisciplinary Robotics Open Laboratory space in September with members of the public, industry and academic partners, and students, faculty, and staff mingling with an impressive collection of robots. The 4,000-square-foot lab includes new workspaces, a production floor, and classrooms in the historic Draper & Maynard Building.

PSU launched New Hampshire’s first bachelor’s program in robotics in 2021. A year later, the University was granted $1 million in federal funds as part of a congressionally directed spending package secured by US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, making the new lab possible.

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