DX Collaborator Research and Teaching

PTC Education aims to encourage thought leadership through strong collaborations with University and STEM instrucdtors who are doing cutting edge Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0 research and teaching. Some outcomes from some of those collaborations are highlighted here.

Design
	Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have been exploring how augmented reality can assist in their design processes. Click here to check out their youtube chanel with demo videos using Vuforia Studio.
	A student researcher at Tufts University used the Onshape to Robot exporter service to create a digital twin of a LEGO Robot created in Onshape. He was able to develop and tune a control system with Gazebo's physics engine, then apply the controller to the physical robot. Click here to learn more about the project.
	Mativated by education research into how students learn during open-ended design projects, the Tufts University Center for Engineering Ecucation and Outreach developed a website with lots of design challenges to inspire teachers to bring more project based learning into their classrooms. Click here to check out their website. One of these challenges also inspired a research collaboration with University of Toronto's Ready Lab.

Connectivity
	This video is shows an AR experience at the BYU Smart Factory using Thingworx. The BYU Manufacturing Engineering program have made a number of great demonstrations of how PTC technologies can be integrated into a university program. See more videos on the BYU YouTube Channel.
	The Tufts University Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Center for Engineering Outreach and Education (CEEO) has produced a wide array of novel educational materials for IoT and AR eduation including Vuforia Spatial Toolbox and Arduino -- many of these systems leverage PTC technologies. Learn more on the Tufts CEEO YouTube channel and on this Google Site of Demos Related to Onshape and Spatial Toolbox
	This video is shows an overview of the UAS Technikum Wien Digital Factory -- many of these systems leverage PTC technologies. One of the students at UAS Technikum Wien has also designed and 3D Printed his own robot, ARNO2, and built an AR digital twin using both Vuforia Engine (SDK) and Vuforia Studio. Learn more about Fachhochschule Technikum Wien.

Digital Thread
	Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee have been exploring how connected robots can be used in telehealth and rehabilitation applications. One of their projects involved using the Ansys Twin Builder to model and improve the performance of their robot arm using data from ThingWorx. Click here to learn more about the project.