The School of Engineering & Technology has a Robotics and Automation Laboratory that houses over 15 industrial robots. Included in the line-up are Staubli, Fanuc, Adept and Motoman robots.
There are a variety of vision systems, integrated workcells and stand-alone stations. The robots are programmed using V+ and Karel software with programmable logic controllers.
This vision-system adapted robot is made by the only U.S. robot manufacturer. It is one of the most widely used selective compliance articulate robot arm (SCARA) type robots.
There are several groupings of Adept robots in the Robotics & Automation laboratory. As noted above, a grouping is a component of the "L line." Recently, three Adept robots were integrated with a rotary conveyor table creating a circular workcell.
Watch the circular Adept workcell assemble a flashlight:
Station 1: pick and place flashlight face and insert bulb assembly
Station 2: place housing on face and screw in; place in batteries
Station 3: place on flashlight backer, test for functionality and place unit into either the "good" or "bad" tray
Summer camp visitors watch a pick-and-place demonstration by the Fanuc oval line.
Our Fanucs are part of the Arcmate family of robots with six degrees of freedom. They are built by the world's largest robot manufacturers.
The "Oval Line" work group has four Fanuc Arcmates surrounded by an oval track. Activities are coordinated between the robots to take advantage of both "sides" of the track. Karel software is used for programming this workcell.
One of the newer additions to the Robotics & Automation Lab is a Motoman stand-alone unit. Motoman is one of the three largest robotics companies and one of America's fastest-growing companies.
This unit was integrated into a demonstration workcell to showcase it's capabilities. The first of two demonstrations has the robot take two "photos" of a Rubik's cube and then proceed to solve the cube using a program prepared by a senior engineering project team. The second sequence has the robot change grippers with various tooling to be able to assemble an automotive distributor (see recessed area of the work table in photo at left).
STAUBLI
This vision-system adapted robot is made by the only U.S. robot manufacturer. It is one of the most widely used selective compliance articulate robot arm (SCARA) type robots.
This unit was integrated into a demonstration workcell to showcase it's capabilities. The first of two demonstrations has the robot take two "photos" of a Rubik's cube and then proceed to solve the cube using a program prepared by a senior engineering project team. The second sequence has the robot change grippers with various tooling to be able to assemble an automotive distributor (see recessed area of the work table in photo at left). 
