Fab lab is a project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It is a workshop laboratory equipped with an array of flexible computer controlled tools and materials that enable application of innovative technologies in various fields of science and fabrication of “almost anything.” The projects implemented in fab labs are relevant to not only technological innovations and improvements but also new business approaches and various researches in manufacturing, robotics, design, architecture, agriculture, and so on.
Fab lab is an exclusive program of introducing innovative and "smart" laboratories with extensive impact in Armenia, making the education applied. Fab labs provide the opportunity to foster research activities and fabrication of prototypes in robotics, physics, technology, engineering and other fields as well as providing a new research platform for young Armenian scientists.
Thanks to this program, Armenia joins the Fab Lab network and becomes a member of the grand international educational network of the world’s best technological university, MIT, and gets a chance to use the skills, knowledge and experience developed in member laboratories.
Financed by the Central Bank of Armenia, Ayb obtained licenses from MIT for two fab labs and also equipment for Dilijan Central School's fab lab. With the joint efforts and financing of VivaCell-MTS, the Ayb Educational Foundation opened and equipped Ayb School's fab lab in Yerevan.