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ELM 3060 - Robotics I


Clock Hours: 60

Delivery Mode
on-ground

Prerequisites: Electrical and Electronic Assembler Certificate and
Electricians Helper Certificate

Course Description:
This course teaches complex programming and operation of industrial robots. Through curriculum and hands-on experience, students learn to create automated work cells. The Robot System uses software that is a 3D representation to simulate and control the mechanical and electrical characteristics of the equipment. The precision-built, articulated arm of the Robot has five axes of rotation plus a gripper and represents an important step in automation and handling and is driven by stepper motors that provide precision movements of the articulations. All joints can be used simultaneously to perform a programmed move sequence. 

Student Learning Outcomes:
Introduction

  • Be acquainted with automation and robot
  • Know some of the history of robots
  • Understand the technology of robots
  • Recognize the economic and social issues associated with robots
  • Have some familiarity with present and future applications of industrial robots

Robot Technology

  • Realize the fundamentals of robot technology
  • Know the general characteristics of robots
  • Recognize robot anatomy
  • Be informed of robot generations
  • Be aware of robot selection

Robot Classification 

  • Be aware of robot classification
  • Be acquainted with the manipulator arm geometry
  • Understand the degrees of freedom of a robotic system
  • Recognize the types of power sources used in current robots
  • Be familiar with types of motion
  • Know a robot’s path control
  • Understand the intelligence level of robots                          

Control of the Robot, Using RoboCIM                                                  

  • Use RoboCIM software in Simulation Mode
  • Place software in Control Mode, and move the actual Robot

Control of the Robot, Using the Teach Pendant                                      

  • Use the teach pendent to change the coordinates of each robot’s articulaition
  • Have the robot move, grip and rotate objects.

Programming, Using RoboCIM                                                            

  • Learn new terms used in the robotics field, and record points and use them to edit a program.

Programming, Using the Teach Pendant                                          

  • Learn new terms used in the robotics field, and record points and use them to edit a program

Program Editing, Using RoboCIM                                                            

  • Learn how to modify points recorded in a RoboCIM program, and how to insert or delete commands.

Program Editing, Using the Teach Pendant                                      

  • Learn how to modify the points recorded in a point to point program, and how to insert or delete commands.                            

Industrial Application                   

  • Create a program that simulates a spot welding application.

Industrial Application             

  • Create a program that simulates an articulated-arm robot controlling a spray gun.

Industrial Application                   

  • Learn to use the Lab-Volt Rotary Carousel Model 5113 and create a program that simulates a galvanizing process.

Industrial Application             

  • Learn to use one of the Lab-Volt part feeders to feed the robot using a microswitch.

Industrial Application             

  • Create a program where the robot picks up parts from a feeder and places them on a conveyor belt.

Industrial Application                   

  • Create a program where the robot picks up parts from a feeder and places them on a conveyor belt where the motion of the conveyor belt will be controlled externally by using TTL control signals.