Robotization Manufacturing I
Teaching Professor:
Prof. Bogdan MOCAN, PhD habil.Industrial Robotic Automation & Robot-Assisted Medicine________________________________________Technical University of Cluj-NapocaDepartment of Design Engineering and Roboticswww.utcluj.ro________________________________________e-mail: bogdan.mocan[at]muri.utcluj.ro bogdan.mocan[at]gmail.com________________________________________Office: B-dul Muncii 103-105Cluj-Napoca, 400641, Romania
COURSE OVERVIEW
General Objective:
The course is designed to familiarise students with various robotic industrial applications (manipulation, assembly, arc welding, spot welding, packaging, palletizing) and develop skills to simulate robotic industrial solutions.
Specific Objective:
Robot definition, classification, characteristics
Robotic applications in manufacturing, robot safety, and financial justification of robotic installations
Robotic automation and sustainability
Analysis and explanation of the robotic manipulation process
Highlighting the main types of end-effectors
Analysis and explanation of the robotic assembly process
Analysis and explanation of industrial robotic arc welding processes
Analysis and explanation of robotic industrial spot welding processes
Analysis and explanation of robotic industrial palletizing processes
Analysis and explanation of robotic industrial packaging processes
Highlighting common errors in the design of robotic systems
Technical and Economic feasibility of industrial robotic systems
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The skills developed within this course will be needed by engineers involved in the automation of various industrial manufacturing processes by integrating industrial robots, facilitates the understanding of specifics industrial robotic processes, off-line programming of industrial robots, and virtual commissioning of generated robotic manufacturing systems.
Course Notes:
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Updated on: 27.02.2024
Additional information:
1. Industrial Robotics vocabulary
2. Safety in collaborative robotic systems
3. Safety requirements and standardization for robots
4. Vacuum cups selection guide
5. Calibration of Robot Reference Frames
6. 10 Core Robotics Skills You Need to Succeed in 2020
7. A compendium of technical documentation on robotic system designs
Exam:
Updated on: 08.03.2023
1. Executive Summary World Robotics 2019 Industrial Robots
2. Editorial WR 2019 Industrial Robots
3. Reviews definitions and classifications of industrial robots and service robots
4. IFR World Robotics Presentation
5. Demystifying Collaborative Industrial Robots
6. Artificial Intelligence in Robotics
7. Robots and the Workplace of the Future
8. The Impact of Robots on Productivity, Employment and Jobs
Bibliography
Mocan, B., Brad, S., Fulea, M., Automatizarea și Robotizarea Fabricației Structurilor Sudate, Editura UTPress, ISBN 978-606-737-052-2, 290 pg., Cluj-Napoca, 2015;
Mocan, B., Timoftei, S., Stan, A., Fulea, M., RobotStudio® - Simulation of industrial automation processes and offline programming of ABBs robots - Practical guide for students - Editura UTPress, ISBN 978-606-737-254-0, 140 pg., Cluj-Napoca, 2017.
Alternative sources of information
Mobile apps - Google Android: Industrial Automation Tutorial; Industrial Automation; Electrical Drives; Automation & Controls Today; Learn PLC SCADA
Youtube: The Robot Revolution: The New Age of Manufacturing; How industrial robot is made? ; Smart Factory; Internet of Things; IoRT - Internet of robotic things;
Robotic Blogs: Robotics Trends; Robot Facts That Everyone Should Know; Robotics within reach; Robotic News for the Factory; Smart Collaborative Robots; Powering the world's robots; Robotics; MIT Technology Review;
Robotics Associations: IFR;