Automated Equipment

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3 Skills Lab Hours Description This course provides students with the opportunity to integrate skills in electronics, mechanical systems and automation programming to perform tasks in a small-scale manufacturing facility. Students integrate inventory management and the Internet of Things (IoT) into a physical production system. Radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking is leveraged to close feedback loops in production line with mobile robots and machining equipment. Students program systems to perform full-scale production activity including raw material loading, machine tending, transportation, finishing, warehousing and packaging. In addition to working with pick-and-place robots, students program automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), automated ground vehicles (AGVs) and other advanced devices.