{"id":83554,"date":"2017-01-19T07:59:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T12:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=83554"},"modified":"2017-01-19T07:59:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T12:59:18","slug":"local-firm-partners-with-robotics-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/01\/19\/local-firm-partners-with-robotics-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Local firm partners with Robotics Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Van Wert Robotics Team is partnering with local engineering and robotics company Alliance Automation for the Northwest Ohio Regional Competition and the VWHS Robotics Team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83555\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Robotics-Team-partners-with-Alliance-1-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Shown are (from the left) Robotics Team coach Bob Spath, Browning Sheehan, and Robotic Team coach Zane McElroy. (photo submitted)\" width=\"350\" height=\"223\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Shown are (from the left) Robotics Team coach Bob Spath, Browning Sheehan of Alliance Automation, and Robotic Team coach Zane McElroy.<\/strong> <em>(photo submitted)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alliance Automation designs, builds, and installs custom industrial automation equipment. Its systems can improve quality, increase production, and reduce product defects, while its team of highly qualified mechanical, electrical, and software engineers has the experience to make companies successful and meet their deadlines.<\/p>\n<p>Alliance Automation has 68 employees and a 52,000-square-foot facility in Van Wert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur engineers have experience in assembly, testing, inspection, motion control, and robotics,\u201d said Browning Sheehan of Alliance Automation.\u00a0\u201cSystems include fully integrated assembly lines to single lean manufacturing cells. \u00a0We install systems anywhere in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership goes beyond just financially sponsoring the competition and team, as our team members are having opportunities to see first-hand the connection between industry automation and robotics and our robotics team,\u201d said team coach Bob Spath. \u201cWe are excited for what future possibilities for our team and Alliance Automation this provides.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information The Van Wert Robotics Team is partnering with local engineering and robotics company Alliance Automation for the Northwest Ohio Regional Competition and the VWHS Robotics Team. Alliance Automation designs, builds, and installs custom industrial automation equipment. Its systems can improve quality, increase production, and reduce product defects, while its team of highly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 03:49:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}