3.00 Credits
This lecture/laboratory course presents the major categories of robots, how they are taught, and how to achieve a combination tool motion and orientation that is beyond human capability to execute but not to understand. The course emphasizes practical skills in programming an individual six axis robot to accomplish assigned tasks. Each student will accomplish a project to program the robot for a specific function in a manufacturing process. Oral reports and a final written report are required. Prerequisite: ERG 1810 or the permission of the appropriate Dean.