RBE 4815 – Industrial Robotics

Instructor:

Craig Putnam

Zhi Jane Li

Office: 85 Prescott 223C

Email: zli11 [at] wpi.edu

Time & Location: Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri 2:00-2:50pm at 218

Office Hour: Mon & Thurs, 3:00-4:00pm at Instructor’s office

Overview:

This course introduces students to robotics within manufacturing systems. Topics include: classification of robots, robot kinematics, motion generation and transmission, end effectors, motion accuracy, sensors, robot control and automation. This course is a combination of lecture, laboratory and project work, and utilizes industrial robots. Through the laboratory work, students will become familiar with robotic programming (using a robotic programming language VAL II) and the robotic teaching mode. The experimental component of the laboratory exercise measures the motion and positioning capabilities of robots as a function of several robotic variables and levels, and it includes the use of experimental design techniques and analysis of variance. Recommended background: manufacturing (ME 1800), kinematics (ME 3310), control (ES 3011), and computer programming.