Posted by V. Scott Gordon on Aug 18, 2017; 4:30am
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/How-to-duplicate-a-cube-and-control-each-one-independently-tp4038114p4038153.html

The resource I offered has a complete example doing exactly what you want, using VBOs and non-deprecated shaders, with explanations and running code, in Java/JOGL.  I'm not sure how much shorter a shortcut I can offer.