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The University of South Carolina Spartanburg, its Center for International Studies and Staubli Corp. (Spartanburg) have established a robotics lab on the USCS campus. The collaboration launches the first such effort in the Upstate of South Carolina between a corporation and a higher education institution to establish a robotics lab, which serves both entities in terms of research and development, the university says.

"The Staubli Robotics Lab is a response to a need in the Upstate that has been generated by the types of manufacturing and technology now in the area," says John Stockwell, chancellor of USCS. "This is a wonderful example of a local industry partnering with a local university to provide opportunities for young people to stay in the area and to build their careers."