Career and Technical Programs Division FALL 2007
COURSE OUTLINE –RBA1200
ROBOTICS APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY
Tuesday 6:00pm - 7:40pm Lab 7:50pm - 9:30pm
Instructor: Jim Gibson
Office Phone: (815) 224-2720 ext. 453, 455 (lab)
Home Phone: (815) 925-7481
Office: D - 107A
Office Hours: T only 3:00
PM - 5:50 PM
W only 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
3:00 PM - 5:50 PM
R only 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM.
By appointment as needed.
Course Description: This course will introduce the standard practices and techniques that should be employed in the isolation, evaluation, development, fabrication, installation, and monitoring of industrial robot applications. Mechanical and electrical components of robots will also be discussed. Industrial or educational experience in manufacturing is strongly recommended. Lecture, 2 hours per week; Lab, 2 hours per week.
Text: none
Prerequisite: none
Course Objectives: As a result of successful completion of this course, the student should have a basic knowledge of:
1. what a Robot is
2. the History of Robots
3. Components of an Industrial Robot
4. End-of-Arm Tooling
5. Sensors
6. Applications for Industrial, Business, and Domestic Robots
7. Robot Maintenance
8. Robotics and Safety
9. Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
10.Classification of Robots
11.Justifying the Use of Robots
12.The Future of Robots
Grading: Grade Scale:
Midterm final 40% 90 to 100 = A
Tests and Quizzes 30% 80 to 89 = B
Lab Work 30% 70 to 79 = C
60 to 69 = D
Attendance: The policy of Illinois Valley Community College as to absences is as follows:
STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND ALL CLASSES REGULARLY. IF ABSENCE FROM CLASS IS UNAVOIDABLE, IT IS THE STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO EXPLAIN THE ABSENCE TO HIS INSTRUCTOR AND ARRANGE TO COMPLETE ANY WORK MISSED.
IF AN INSTRUCTOR FEELS THE NUMBER OF ACCUMULATED ABSENCES IS INTERFERING WITH THE STUDENT'S PROGRESS AND ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE COURSE, THE STUDENT MAY BE DROPPED FROM THE COURSE WITHOUT NOTICE.
FALL 2007 SCHEDULE
August 21 ..............What is a Robot? History of Robots
August 28 ...….......Components of a Robot, Robot Classification
September 4……...Quiz 1, End-of-Arm Tooling (ON WEB)
September 11 ........Calculating Gripper Payloads
September 18.........Quiz 2, Lab test Safety Issues
September 25.........Test 1,
October 2 .............. Review
October 9 ..............Midterm Test
October 16 ........... Calculating Gripping Force
October 23 ............Quiz 3, Sensors, Lab test
October 30 ..........Test 2, Applications for Robots
November 6 .....….Robotic Maintenance
November 13 ........ No Class
November 20.........Test 3 Future of Robots, Artificial Intelligence
November 27 ....... Flow charts
December 4 . ........Final Exam / Final Project