Introduction to Robotics describes the basics of industrial robotics, including types, applications, and programming methods. Industrial robots are reprogrammable machines that can perform repetitive or dangerous tasks with a high degree of accuracy. Manufacturers increasingly use robots to perform such tasks in order to speed up production, improve part quality, and preserve operator safety. However, robots require human engineers and operators to program, maintain, repair, and oversee them.
This module includes 21 lessons:
- Industrial Robots
- Industrial Robot Characteristics
- Basic Components of Industrial Robots
- Axes
- Degrees of Freedom
- Coordinate Systems
- Joints
- Basic Robot Components and Movement Review
- Stationary and Mobile Industrial Robots
- Types of Mobile Robots
- Robotic Arms
- Serial and Parallel Robotic Arms
- Types of Robotic Arms
- Robot Joints and Types Review
- Welding Applications
- Material-Handling Applications
- Additional Industrial Robot Applications
- Artificial Intelligence
- Robot Programming Methods
- Robot Safety
- Robot Applications, Teaching, and Safety Review
