Robotics Fundamentals and Robot Programming
This course will provide the learner with technical understanding of industrial robot safety, how to operate and programme a robot in a manufacturing environment. It will also provide an understanding of the potential robots have to be integrated with peripheral equipment and End of Arm Tools (EOAT’s), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Control into the overall manufacturing systems and production environment.
Overview
This course is only available to those currently in employment and partially funded under the Skills to Advance initiative.
Skills to Advance is a national initiative that provides upskilling and reskilling opportunities to employees in jobs undergoing change and to those currently employed in vulnerable sectors. Skills to Advance aims to equip employees with the skills they need to progress in their current role or to adapt to the changing job market. Skills to Advance helps employers identify skills needs and invest in their workforce by providing subsidised education and training to staff.
If you would like more information on this initiative, please email our Enterprise Engagement Team at skills@kwetb.ie and they would be delighted to help.
Expression of Interest
We currently don't have this course scheduled. If you are interested in undertaking this course or looking for more information, please complete the form below and a member of our Recruitment Team will be in contact:
Course Content
This course will provide the learner with technical understanding of industrial robot safety, how to operate and programme a robot in a manufacturing environment. It will also provide an understanding of the potential robots have to be integrated with peripheral equipment and End of Arm Tools (EOAT’s), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Control into the overall manufacturing systems and production environment.
The Robotics Fundamentals and Robot Programming programme is aimed at participants who wish to learn:
•How robots work
•Potential uses of robots
•How to specify the type of robot to best suit their own contexts and applications
•How to operate a robot
•How to effectively program robots
This course will provide the learner with technical understanding of industrial robot safety, how to operate and programme a robot in a manufacturing environment. It will also provide an understanding of the potential that robots have to be integrated with peripheral equipment and End of Arm Tools (EOAT’s), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Control into the overall manufacturing systems and production environment.
Use of work visual – offline programming, development environment,
•Work Visual – Configure safety and standard IO, mapping
•Interface with a PLC
•Interfacing with peripherals – IO control
Intermediate to Advanced programming content
•Elaborate on Operating Software used on controllers for different robot makes – be agnostic
•Elaborate on the Programming language
•Intermediate to Advanced Motion programming
•Good programming practices
•Logic Programming
Advanced principles of Programming
Submit interpreter SPS, workspace monitoring, Interrupts, collision detection
Diagnostic functionality
Variables and declarations
Message programming
Use of system variables
Advance run and advance run stops
Fundamentals/Overview of PLC programming
Networking – Fieldbuses,
•ProfiNet, Ethernet IP etc.
•Use of Option Packages and communication protocols to enable cell functionality
•Identify the IO requirements for interfacing robot with rest of cell
Standard IO lists
Safety IO list
Auto EXT – PLC interface
EXT operation – do it test case
Use of simulation programs for offline programming purposes,
•More advanced look at robot simulation software
•Demonstrate principles of virtual commissioning and Digital Twin
•Explore other Industry 4.0 concepts
Programme Objectives
1.To facilitate the learner to explore robotics and their uses in advanced manufacturing environments.
2.To enable the learner to commission and operate a robot cell compliant with current and future robot safety regulations, and to program a robot in a manufacturing environment.
3.To improve the employability of learners by providing them with a qualification that is academically robust and vocationally relevant.
4.To facilitate the learner to develop specialised vocational and academic literacies to facilitate career progression.
5.To create a Minor Award in a specialised and innovative area that may have sectoral applicability.
Who Is This Programme Intended For?
The programme is intended for the following cohorts:
•Individuals who wish to change career and re-skill for career opportunities within Advanced Manufacturing
•Individuals already employed within Advanced Manufacturing at general operative level and who wish to upskill to more advanced automated cell operation
•Technicians, engineers and line managers, employed in advanced manufacturing sectors, who have a requirement to understand how robotics could be successfully utilised in their advanced manufacturing environments
•Technicians, engineers and line managers, employed in advanced manufacturing sectors, who may have robotics already deployed in their manufacturing environment that are not being used to their maximum efficiency.
•Technicians, engineers and line managers, employed in Advanced Manufacturing sectors who wish to increase their knowledge and skills in the robotics area in order to make more informed business decisions, to improve their business’ agility, to allow the business to keep up to date with the emerging knowledge in the robotics field and to allow businesses to grow own internal talent in robotics.
•Technicians, engineers and line managers, employed in advanced manufacturing sectors, who needs to develop knowledge skills and competencies in areas such as vision and sensor systems in manufacturing operations, the industrial internet of things (IIoT), cyber physical systems and automated robotics systems.
Suitability
Due to Skills to Advance (STA) funding, this course is only available to those in employment.
