🤖 Robotics and Automation

🤖 Robotics and Automation

Course Code: 2045-MECH/NC

📘 Introduction

This course provides a comprehensive understanding of industrial robotics and automation systems, combining theory, hands-on programming, and real-world integration with control systems like PLC. Ideal for engineers and technical students, the course bridges the gap between mechanical systems, control logic, and intelligent automation.

📄 Description

The Robotics and Automation course is designed to equip participants with the skills required to design, program, and implement robotic systems and automation processes used in manufacturing and industrial applications. You will work with robotic arms, learn programming languages such as RAPID (ABB) and KRL (KUKA), and integrate them with PLC-controlled automation lines.

🎯 Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the types and components of industrial robots
• Program robots using RAPID, KRL, or similar programming languages
• Design automated systems using robotics and PLC integration
• Analyze motion and mechanical design of robotic arms
• Apply CAD/CAM tools to develop automation systems

📅 Course Duration

• Duration: 6 Weeks
• Sessions: 18 (3 sessions/week)
• Each Session: 2 hours
• Total Hours: 36 Hours

📚 Course Content Overview

Week 1: Introduction to Industrial Robotics

• History and evolution of robotics
• Classifications of industrial robots
• Key components: joints, end effectors, sensors, controllers

Week 2: Robotic Motion & Mechanical Systems

• Kinematics and dynamics of robots
• Degrees of freedom (DoF) and workspace
• Robot coordinate systems and frames

Week 3: Robot Programming (ABB, KUKA)

• Introduction to RAPID (ABB) and KRL (KUKA)
• Basic programming structures: loops, conditions, subroutines
• Simulation and testing using robotic software platforms

Week 4: PLC Integration and Automation Systems

• Overview of PLCs and industrial communication protocols
• Robot-PLC interfacing and signal exchange
• Case study: synchronized robotic and PLC operation

Week 5: Automation System Design & Analysis

• Designing robotic workcells
• Sensor integration and safety systems
• Cycle time optimization and productivity improvement

Week 6: Capstone Project

• Implement a complete automation project
• Documentation, debugging, and testing
• Final project presentation and evaluation

🧪 Hands-on Projects

• Project 1: Program a robotic arm to perform a pick-and-place or assembly task
• Project 2: Design and simulate a small factory automation system using PLC and robotics

🧑‍🏫 Target Audience

• Automation and Control Engineers
• Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineers
• Maintenance and Production Engineers
• Electrical and Engineering Students (Final Year or Postgraduate)

🧰 Tools & Platforms

• ABB RobotStudio (RAPID language)
• KUKA SimPro / KRL programming
• Siemens or Allen-Bradley PLC systems
• CAD/CAM software (e.g., SolidWorks, AutoCAD)

💡 Learning Outcomes

Participants will gain:

• Practical skills in robot programming and simulation
• Deep understanding of mechanical and control integration
• Capability to develop and troubleshoot automation systems
• Insights into modern smart manufacturing environments

🏅 Certification

A Certificate of Completion will be issued upon successful course completion and submission of the final project.