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**ROBOTICS TRAINING CLASSES
Our 2026 Shift 2.0 Robotics Training schedule is out (Please note: this is a draft calendar and these dates may change)! Click here to view it. These trainings are designed to show you how innovation can help move your manufacturing business forward. You’ll get insight into the latest technology trends, learn how you can apply them to your business, and prepare you to translate that investment into long-term impact. Best of all, these workshops are of no cost to you, so you can invest in your future without breaking the bank.
We hear over and over again the workforce challenges facing our local manufacturers and implementing technology with the proper training is one way to tackle that issue.
**NEW–Our Spring 2026 Training Classes REGISTRATION LINKS:**
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Robotics Basics: A Hands-On Workshop
Wednesday, March 31 – Thursday, April 1, 2026 Robotic Vision Systems & End-of-arm Tooling
Tuesday, April 21 – Thursday, April 23, 2026 Robotic Integration HYBRID Course
Click on the titles below to read more detailed descriptions of each of the classes if you’d like to know more. Registration links are above:
Robotics Basics: A Hands-On Workshop One-day Course
Robotic Integration: Hybrid Course Format Online plus three-days of in-person instruction
Robotic Vision Systems & End-of-arm Tooling: An Introduction Two-day Course
PEER GROUPS
“Shift 2.0 offers the opportunity to join a Peer Group of other Shift participants to confidentially discuss the many challenges associated with understanding, selecting, financing, implementing, maintaining, and managing new technologies in manufacturing. These half-day, facilitated sessions use a structured approach to process individual member’s challenges by drawing on the wisdom and experience of all group members. The relationships that result can provide an ongoing, local support network for members well into the future.”
– Ben Rand, President of Insyte Consulting and Shift 2.0 Peer Group Facilitator
The Shift 2.0 Peer Group was highlighted in a September 2025 article in ‘The Buffalo News‘, as well as a YouTube video on The Buffalo News’s channel.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO JOIN A PEER GROUP, PLEASE CONTACT ALLISON KUPFERMAN, AKUPFERMAN@EWI.ORG, OR 716-710-5535.