Date of Award
2017
Document Type
Open Access Master's Report
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MS)
Administrative Home Department
Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Advisor 1
Aleksandr Sergeyev
Advisor 2
Craig Friedrich
Committee Member 1
Scott Kuhl
Abstract
Robotic automation is consuming the laborious tasks performed by workers all over industry. The increasing demand for trained robotic engineers to implement and maintain industrial robots has led to the development of various courses in academia. Michigan Tech is a FANUC Authorized Certified Education Training Center for industrial robot training. This report discusses the research and development of an integrated robotic workcell consisting of three Fanuc robots, Allen Bradley programmable logic controller (PLC), Mini-Mover belt conveyor and Fanuc iR-vision system. The workcell allows students to explore an environment similar to industry and intended to be used for laboratory hands-on activities in two robotic courses: Real-time Robotic Systems and Industrial Robotic Vision System. To complement hands-on activities and to meet the need of educating robotics to those without access to physical robots, an open source robotic simulation software "RobotRun" has been created in collaboration with a faculty member and students from Computer Science department. The features and a few training examples on the software have also been presented.
Recommended Citation
Parmar, Siddharth Y., "Research And Development Of Industrial Integrated Robotic Workcell And Robotrun Software For Academic Curriculum", Open Access Master's Report, Michigan Technological University, 2017.