Advanced Manufacturing & Machining Career Cart

Description:  

The advanced manufacturing & machining cart demonstrates the uses of technology and machines in manufacturing. Students will learn how to program the robotic arm to lift a piece of colored blocks from one position to another using a set of instructions and codes.

Project Challenge:

• Help a local machine shop to use a robotic arm to improve operations
• Program a robotic arm to pick and place parts onto a conveyor belt for shipping
  

Key Student Activities:

• Lift boxes to a conveyor belt by programming the robotic arm using “teach” mode
• Use the robotic arm to remove boxes from the conveyor belt and sort boxes based on color
  

Relevant Careers:

Automation Engineer, Robotics, and Mechatronics Engineer