A technician program needs a short path from model to part to measurement. In the Mechanical Engineering Technology labs, that path currently includes Creality K2 Plus combo printers, an Elephant Robotics MyBuddy 280, a myAGV logistics kit, and a Keyence IM-8010 instant-measurement system. Students use them in MET 101, 121, 122, 135, and 201.
The printers make wall thickness and assembly fit visible. The MyBuddy is a physical lesson in degrees of freedom, not a programming contest. The myAGV introduces the idea that code moves hardware. The Keyence system closes the loop: the drawing said one thing; the part said another.
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