robotics training /workshop

Robots are primarily concerned with generating specific motion of the robot joints, simultaneously allowing tooling or sensors to perform certain functions, either when the arm is moving or at specific operational configurations. The arm and attached tooling may perform the operations themselves (such as painting) or carry parts to other devices which perform the operations.

Newer technologies are concerned with robot interactions with parts such that interaction forces and torques can be controlled. This technology will permit more robot applications in assembly, which promises to be a growing application arena for robotics.

Robots are used in almost any industry where repetitive tasks are involved, or the task is difficult manually, or dangerous, such as

welding, painting, or surface finishing in the aerospace or automotive industries

electronics and consumer products assembly and inspection

inspection of parts by robot assisted sensors or in the form of a Coordinate Measurement Machine (CMM)

underwater and space exploration

hazardous waste remediation in government labs, nuclear facilities, and medical labs

surveillance in military places

Supporting Technologies
The types of technologies that are often integrated with a robot are:

vision systems

end-of-arm tooling and special compliance/manipulation devices

welding technologies

optical devices such as lasers

Sensors such as acoustical or other type proximity sensors.

Wrist sensors capable of measuring wrist forces and torques.

control software and hardware, such as AC/DC motors, encoders, tachometers, amplifiers

part delivery systems such as conveyors, part feeders

application software, interface software

Real-time operating systems, programming languages

communication protocol/networks

I/O devices such as microcontroller