RMIT has launched a new automation software engineering research centre, connecting the University with industry partner ABB
The launch of the Australia-India Research Centre for Automation Software Engineering (AICAUSE) was hosted by RMIT Vice-Chancellor and president, Professor Margaret Gardner AO.
Professor Gardner said the centre exemplified RMIT’s global engagement strategy.
“RMIT is committed to a philosophy of education and research founded in action and experience; this requires research and development that engages with partners such as ABB Australia and their global networks - working with others to achieve our goals,” she said.
The centre’s focus is cloud support, robotic testing and visualisation control, with the facility connecting with sites at ABB Australia and India.
Following the launch, guests joined a tour of the facilities including the Global Operations Visualisation, Advanced Manufacturing Robot Interoperation Test and Cyber-Physical Simulation Rack laboratories.
Professor Heinz Schmidt, director eResearch and AICAUSE, said ABB Australia had provided a site in the AICAUSE Virtual Laboratory in Notting Hill, in the south-east of Melbourne, with connectivity being provided to equipment deployed at RMIT’s City campus.
“Through the VITElab, ABB is also providing access to its testing facility in Bangalore - the largest such facility in the world,” he said.
“By virtue of the ABB Bangalore Corporate Research Centre, RMIT is linked into the global research network of ABB headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.
“This network includes seven ABB corporate research centres and partner universities worldwide.”