CTE Robotic Automation Discovery Form

Verityn Technologies helps school districts, CTE programs, workforce partners, and industry stakeholders design practical robotic automation and tech-collar workforce training programs. This form helps our team understand your goals, facility readiness, budget range, priority training areas, and implementation timeline before the discovery conversation.

Required Contact Information

School district / organization name *

CTE center or school name

Primary contact name *

Contact title

Email *

Phone *

Project location / campus location

Number of schools served

Estimated number of students served annually

Current CTE Program Status

Is this a new CTE program or an expansion of an existing program?

What existing CTE pathways are currently offered?

What are the top workforce priorities for your district or region?

Facility and Site Readiness

What space is available for the program?

Approximate square footage

Ceiling height

Is compressed air available?

Is industrial ventilation available?

Is fume extraction needed for welding or cutting?

Are classroom attached to the lab?

Is there tool, parts, or material storage?

Are safety exits and clear walkways available?

Is the floor suitable for robotic cells, AGVs, conveyors, or welding tables?

Are internet and network connections available?

Is there space for an instructor station, HMI panel, or control panel wall?

Are there any facility restrictions?

Safety and Compliance

Does the school have existing lab safety procedures?

Is lockout/tagout training required?

Are emergency stops required on all cells?

Are safety scanners, fencing, or light curtains required?

Will students work near moving robots?

Will students operate welding equipment?

Will students operate drones indoors or outdoors?

Are there district policies for drone flight?

Are there food safety requirements for robotic kitchen automation?

Is OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 alignment desired?

Should the program include safety certification?

Who approves final safety readiness before student use?

Basic PLC Training

Which PLC platform is preferred?

Should the program include PLC pods?

Should students wire inputs and outputs manually?

Should the system include HMI training?

Should PLC training connect to conveyors, motors, sensors, and robots?

Should students learn troubleshooting with real faults?

Should training include VFD and motor control?

Packaging / Case Line Automation

What type of product should the line simulate?

Should the line include a conveyor?

Should the line include a cobot pick-and-place station?

Should the line include case forming or only case loading?

Should students program production sequences?

Should the system include sensors for product detection and counting?

Should the system include jam detection?

Should the system include HMI controls and production data?

QA/QC Vision Inspection and Reject Line

What should the vision system inspect?

What reject method should be used?

Should students learn camera setup and lighting?

Should inspection data be logged?

Should the system generate quality reports?

Should the reject line connect to the packaging line?

Should the system include AI vision or rule-based vision?

Should students troubleshoot false pass / false reject conditions?

Palletizing Robotic Cell

What payload range is needed?

What box size range should the system handle?

What pallet size should be used?

Should the robot use vacuum, gripper, or custom end-of-arm tooling?

Should students design pallet patterns?

Should the system include a conveyor infeed?

Should the system include safety scanners or fencing?

Should students learn cycle time calculation?

Should the system include depalletizing?

Should the cell be mobile or fixed?

Robotic Welding

What welding process should be included?

Should the system use a cobot welding package?

What material thickness should students work with?

Should the system include welding tables and fixtures?

Should the system include fume extraction?

Should the system include welding curtains or a full enclosure?

Should students learn weld path programming?

Should students inspect weld quality?

Should the program connect manual welding to robotic welding?

Should employer partners provide sample parts?

IIRPFA Solutions

Is the goal training only, production support, or both?

What industrial applications are most relevant locally?

Should the system include a linear track?

Should the system include welding, grinding, cutting, and finishing?

Should the system include modular fixturing tables?

Should the system include 3D scanning or AI vision?

Should the system include inspection reports?

Should the system include MES-lite job tracking?

Should students learn digital traveler workflows?

Should the system support capstone projects for local manufacturers?

Drone Technology

Will drones be used indoors, outdoors, or both?

What drone applications are most important?

Should the program include flight cages?

Should the program include simulation software?

Should students learn mapping and data collection?

Should students learn drone maintenance?

Should the program include camera, thermal, or multispectral sensors?

Should the district pursue FAA Part 107 alignment?

Are there local partners for drone internships or demos?

AGV / AMR Technology

What AGV or AMR application should the program simulate?

Should the AGV carry totes, boxes, pallets, or trays?

Should students program routes?

Should the AGV connect with conveyors or robotic cells?

Should the system include docking or charging stations?

Should the AGV include safety scanners?

Should students learn fleet management basics?

Should the system simulate warehouse automation?

Should the system integrate with inventory or job tracking software?

Robotic Kitchen Automation

What food process should the system demonstrate?

Should the system include kiosk or POS integration?

Should the system include automated cooking equipment?

Should the system include food-safe robotic handling?

Should students learn sanitation and maintenance?

Should the program connect culinary arts with mechatronics?

Should the system include order-to-production workflow?

Should the system include food traceability or temperature monitoring?

Should the system support entrepreneurship or student-run business simulation?

Project Phasing

Which phases are most relevant to your district?

Phase 1: Foundation Lab, PLC, wiring, sensors, HMI, safety, LOTO, conveyor control

Phase 2: End-of-Line Automation Lab, packaging, QA/QC, reject line, palletizing

Phase 3: Advanced Robotics Lab, robotic welding, IIRPFA, AGV integration, capstones

Phase 4: Emerging Technology Expansion, drones, robotic kitchen automation, AI vision, data tracking

Not sure yet

What would you like to accomplish in year one?

Employer and Community Alignment

Which local industries should this program support first?

Are any employer partners already involved?

Are there employers willing to support internships, tours, guest lectures, equipment donations, or capstone projects?

Are there local workforce development, economic development, or community partners involved?

Should Verityn help with employer engagement or partner strategy?

Discovery Call Preparation

What are the top three questions you want answered during the discovery call?

Who will attend the discovery call?

Who is the final decision-maker?

What is the decision timeline?

What would need to happen for this project to move forward?

Are there documents, facility photos, grant requirements, or existing CTE plans you would like to share?

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