Course Description
The Robotics and Automation course is designed to explore the current and future use of automation technology in industry and everyday use. The students will receive a comprehensive overview of robotic systems and the subsystems that comprise them.
In cooperation with Carnegie Mellon University, the students will program several robots using Robot C. Their will be a class competition using the radio controlled VEX robotic system and the LEGO NXT package. The students will also program a fully automated robotic work cell by moving, sorting, palletizing, and packaging a product made in a CNC mill. In addition, the student will program artificially intelligent robots around the laboratory and can also be control from anywhere in the world via the internet. Careers in robotics, programming, and engineering will be discussed.
