Industrial Robotics Training

Course Description:
This course is intended for the person who operates or may be required to perform maintenance on a System R-J or higher controller with a standard application software package. It covers the tasks and procedures needed to reach the course goals with both classroom instruction and hands-on training. The course does not address the set-up and operation of specific software features and options.

The course consists of lectures, demonstrations, and a series of lab exercises
designed to reinforce what the student has learned. In addition to lab exercises, a pre-test and post-test are used to measure mastery of objectives.

Course Objectives:  

• Operate the Teach Pendant
• Navigate the Controller Software
• Power up and Jog the Robot
• Power down the Robot
• Perform all Jog Methods WORLD
• TOOL
• USER
• JOG FRAME
• JOINT
• Recover from common program and robot faults
• Execute production operations
• Execute a MACRO program
• Create, modify and execute a teach pendant program, Touchup program points
• Teach motion instructions
• Monitor I/O signals
• Backup and restore individual programs and files

Prerequisites: None

Seats: 12

Cost: $742

2013 Dates:
June 28-29
August 16-17
October 25-26

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Course Description: 

This course covers the tasks that an operator, technician, engineer or programmer needs to set up and program a FANUC Robotics HandlingTool Software Package. 

Course Objectives:  

• Operate the Teach Pendant
• Navigate the Controller Software
• Power up and Jog the Robot
• Perform all Jog Methods
• Recover from common program and robot faults
• Execute production operations
• Perform Frame setup
• Create, modify and execute a material handling program
• Understand all Programming Instructions
• Understand all Positional Information (CARTESIAN vs. JOINT)
• Understand all Motion Types (JOINT, LINEAR, CIRCULAR)
• Create, set up and execute MACROs
• Configure, Monitor, Force, and Simulate Input and Output Signals
• Perform Standard Backup and restore programs and files
• Create an Image Backup and restore the Image file from the Image Backup

Course Delivery: 

Registered students will be provided with on-line modules four (4) weeks prior to the training. Hands-on 16-hour training will be conducted at Michigan Tech and will consist of 12 laboratory exercises. In addition to lab exercises, a pre-test and post-test are used to measure mastery of objectives. 

Prerequisites: None

Seats: 12

Cost: $1,420

2013 Dates:
July 26-27
September 27-28
November 15-16
December 6-7

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* 32 Hours (16 hours on-line + 16 hours hands-on training)

Course Description: 

This course will provide procedures for creating a HandlingPRO virtual workcell. When completed, the workcell created will contain a FANUC robot with end-of-arm tooling, one or more fixtures for holding a part and a robot TPP Program which moves the part from one fixture to the other. More specifically, the student will:

Course Objectives: One Day Course (HandlingPRO Intro)

• Create a new workcell
• Edit the robot properties
• Add a part to the workcell
• Add End-of-Arm Tooling to the robot
• Add a pick fixture to the workcell
• Add a place fixture to the workcell
• Create/run a robot program
• Run production in step-by-step and continuous modes
• Create an AVI of the workcell

Prerequisite: HandlingTool Operation and Programming OR Robot Operations course

Seats: 15

Cost: $376

2013 Dates: 
June 30
July 28
August 18
September 29
October 27
November 17
December 8

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