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Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) is the specialization course for students in the engineering program at Wade Hampton. Manufactured items are part of everyday life, yet most students have not been introduced to the high-tech, innovative nature of modern manufacturing. This course illuminates the opportunities related to understanding manufacturing. At the same time, it teaches students about manufacturing processes, product design, robotics, and automation. Students can earn a virtual manufacturing badge recognized by the National Manufacturing Badge system. The 2017-18 syllabus for CIM Honors is available at the end of the page.
An example of a project done early in the year in CIM. Students work in teams of 2 to design an automated guided vehicle. or AGV. The AGV had to be able to:
- Switch between manual and autonomous control by pressing a button on the remote, held by the user.
- Navigate along a black line on the floor while in autonomous mode.
- Be able to detect and stop at intersections (marked by crosses in the line) and stop when an obstruction is detected (usually detected by a sonar sensor).
Students sketched designs in their Engineering Notebooks, CAD modeled their vehicles using Autodesk Inventor 2016, built their designs using VEX robotics components, and programmed using RobotC.
VID_20170913_100102046.mp4VID_20170913_101047822.mp4Seen here is a CAD model for one of the AGVs designed and built by a pair of students in CIM. (there is no audio in this video)
2017-10-08_benGriffinAGV.mp4Seen here is the AGV from above after it has been modified by a student to respond to light. The AGV detects which sensor is seeing the brightest light and turns toward it before following.
2017-10-10_AGVFollowingLightThis is the end of semester project designed be a team in the fall of 2016. The team called it Project Lunch the Way after our parent organization. It involved the use of robotic arms and many digital handshakes.
Project Lunch the Way.mp4
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