Industrial Robotics - Timetable

Week
Nr
Date   Title
1 16/9   Introduction to Syllabus and Discussion of Assignments - 35
2 23/9   Classification of Robots - 37
3 30/9   Robot Configuration - 38,4,4a,5,5a,6,6a,9
4 7/10   Degrees of Freedom and Axis of Movement - 7,8
5 14/10   Industrial Robotics - Test Paper - 10
6 28/10   Programming Robots - 33,32,34
7 4/11   Robot Working Envelopes - 25,26,27,28
8 11/11   Programming Simple Movement
9 18/11   Introduction to Assignment
10 25/11   Drive Systems - Hydraulic and Pneumatic - 17 to 20
11 2/12   Open and Closed Loop Control Systems - 24, 30
12 9/12   Electric Motor Drives - 21, 22
13 16/12   Exam
14 6/1   Robot Terminology and Assignment on Safety - 49, 41
15 13/1   End Effectors - Pitch, Roll and Yaw - 50
16 20/1   Types and Uses of Gripper - 51
17 27/1   Sensory Feedback - 11
18 3/2   Types of Sensing Devices - 12 to 16
19 10/2   Sensing
20 17/2   Robotisation - Impact on Workers, Management and Organisations - 31
21 24/2   Costing and Payback Times - 52
22 3/3   Visit to Huddersfield University Robotics Centre
23 10/3   Designing a Robot Cell
24 17/3   Robots in Industry - The Work Cell - 53, 54
25 24/3   Setting-Up a Robot Cell 1 - 55
26 31/3   Setting-Up a Robot Cell 2 - 56