Viam
Viam 101 opens on July 20.
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Viam
Viam 101 opens on July 20.
Viam, a software platform for building, deploying and managing robotics applications, is expanding access to a faster path for robotics engineers.
The company’s new course, Viam 101, launches July 22 and offers a free, self-paced way for engineers to learn the platform entirely in simulation, with no hardware required to get started.
The company said that the course includes over 90 minutes of video lessons and hands-on exercises, led by Shannon Bradshaw, Viam's SVP of Product and Education. Viam said that course participants walk through building a real robotics application step by step, using the company’s platform, and come away ready to bring what they've learned to their own hardware.
Viam said that robotics and automation projects have traditionally required months spent building infrastructure before any real product work can start, a process that slows down enterprise teams modernizing physical operations and startups trying to get from prototype to deployed product alike.
The company said that its core premise is that engineers should not have to write custom drivers, manage networking or rebuild backend infrastructure every time they add a new sensor, motor, machine or deployment environment.
Instead, Viam said that it abstracts hardware into consistent APIs, allowing developers to write control logic using an SDK in the language of their choice. The company said this means that the same application code can continue working even as the underlying hardware changes, helping teams move from prototype to production without rewriting the stack each time.
The company said that Viam 101 is designed to teach that approach directly, showing engineers a faster, more modular way to build without needing to stand up that infrastructure themselves.
Viam said that over 600 people have pre-registered for the course.
The company said that Viam 101 is the first course in what it describes as a larger education initiative. Viam said that its future plans include additional courses, hackathons and in-person workshops, all aimed at providing engineers an easier, faster way to build and scale robotics, whether they are individual developers learning the platform for the first time or enterprise teams bringing automation into production environments.
Additionally, Viam announced that it is running a giveaway tied to Viam 101 registration. People who sign up for the course by July 31 are entered to win a UFactory Lite 6 robotic arm, a $3,500 value, according to the company.
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