(Automated Imaging Association: Ann Arbor, MI) -- New certification programs for robotics and machine vision system integrators will be explained at the Automate 2011 show scheduled for March 21–24, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

The robotics integrator program will be formally announced during a talk on the show floor by Jeff Burnstein, president of Robotic Industries Association (RIA) on Monday, March 21, at 2:30 p.m.

“We’ve been working on this certification program for more than a year and are excited to be officially releasing details,” Burnstein says. “The idea came from the integrators themselves, and integrators and leading end-users have been involved in fleshing out the details. We expect to start certifying integrators by the end of this year.”

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