FANUC America Deepens Commitment to Workforce Development at SkillsUSA 2025

For the first time, FANUC America stepped into a new role at the 2025 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference as an official partner, marking a powerful evolution in its long-standing commitment to workforce development and technical education.

For years, FANUC has supported SkillsUSA, providing robots and support to state-level robotics competitions. But this year's event—held in June in Atlanta—celebrated the beginning of a more formal collaboration at the largest gathering of America’s future skilled workforce.

As part of its expanded presence, FANUC hosted a dynamic exhibit within the conference’s bustling robotics demo area. Surrounded by educators, advisors, and enthusiastic students, the booth showcased our production integration expertise cutting-edge automation technologies and offered hands-on interactions designed to inspire the next generation of skilled professionals. FANUC also offered certification onsite for more than 20 students and instructors, and participated in the robot welding competition and the Robotics and Automation Technology competition in a demonstration and judging capacity.

In addition to students, celebrity guest Ty Pennington made a special appearance at FANUC’s booth and tried his hand at programming a CRX collaborative robot!

Beyond the conference floor, FANUC America extended its support to future robotics talent with the donation of an LR Mate 200iD/7C robot and accompanying training resources to the PIMA Joint Technology Education District in Tucson, Arizona. This real-world system will enable students to learn and use FANUC robots and software – the same products used today in industrial workplaces all over the world.

FANUC’s Certified Education effort, which introduce students to robotics and provide industry-relevant training across more than 1,600 partner high schools, colleges and universities, is a critical component of the company’s education efforts.

Bringing together partner educational institutions and regional manufacturing businesses across the country to discuss the importance of industry-relevant training, competency-based skills development and certifications, is another focus.

And just last year, FANUC announced a $1 million scholarship fund to elevate advanced manufacturing skills.

Together with SkillsUSA, FANUC America strives to bridge the gap between education and industry, while further preparing America’s future workforce.

For more information on SkillsUSA, visit www.skillsusa.org.