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The Lima Family YMCA and the University of Northwestern Ohio are teaming up to bring a new spark to the "Bean City Bots" robotics team. The robotics club is designed for high school-age kids and focuses on STEM practices. The "Bean City Bots" build industrial-size robots from the ground up to complete a specific task. They compete in Cleveland in March with other robotic clubs. Organizers hope that the partnership with UNOH will draw in more students.

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September 30, 2024, Press Release from Rhodes State College: LIMA, Ohio September 30, 2024 -- Rhodes State College has been awarded $130,968 in funding for the "Program and Project Support Certificate Courses for High School Students and Adults" initiative. The grant, provided for FY24, will allow the college to offer scholarships for 108 students, including high school students and adults, to pursue specialized technical training.

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A local family that's been involved in manufacturing for decades has made a major investment in a program that will help train workers for years to come. Thanks to his training at Rhodes State College, the technical skills Isaiah Thompson has learned to program this robot to play Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" are the same that he is using as an apprentice at GROB Systems, working with a variety of robots in the manufacturing field.

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St. Rita's Medical Center accomplished its 10,000th robotic procedure recently thanks to the technology from the intuitive surgical company. The robotic medical technology is called The DaVinci 4, which is the fourth generation of the product produced by the company. St. Ritas and Intuitive have been partnering since 2010, and in the 14 years of their collaboration, they have achieved over 10,000 successful operations.