Amman- 30 December 2018

Led by Dr. Tarek Tutunji, a group of Philadelphia University (PU) students and professors visited the German Jordanian University (GJU) robotics laboratory on 26/12/2018.

They were received by Dr. Nathir Rawashdeh, Acting Vice Dean of the School of Applied Technical Sciences (SATS).

This visit was part of an Erasmus+ project in mechatronics engineering to develop expertise in robotics and comprises the GJU, PU and Hochschule Bochum in Germany.

During the visit, Dr. Rawashdeh and Eng. Marwa Alfaouri presented robot types in the industry and how to program the KUKA Agilus robot.

A live demo of the KUKA robot was also presented with the help of Eng. Alaa Alshubbak.

Mechatronics Engineering master's students at PU discussed their thesis topics and shared ideas for cooperation between the two universities.