Course detail

Robots and Flexible Production Systems

FSI-VRPAcad. year: 2011/2012

Students are made familiar with the basic types of industrial robots and manipulators (hereinafter reoffered to as IRaM), the fundamentals of electromechanical structures (machineware), and the integration to the robotized systems (RTP - robotized technological place or AMS - automated manufacturing system). Also dealt are the basic types of manufacturing machines appropriate for connection to higher manufacturing systems (FMS - flexible manufacturing system or AL - automatic line). The course also presents the basic approaches to the flexible manufacturing systems with regard to ensuring the manufacture by machines, components, tools, industrial aids and gauges during the manufacture, operating and interoperating transport, storage of semiproducts and finished products, automatic check of conditions and measurements of components and tools.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Radek Knoflíček, Dr.

Department

Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics (ÚVSSR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The course “Robots and Flexible Manufacturing Systems” provides students with the latest information about structures, projections and the use of industrial robots in practice. They also learn about modern manufacturing systems with regard to the machineware (MW) structure in connection with the control (HW, SW and BW - brainware).

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of projection and designing machines and devices.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The examination has a written and an oral part. The examination tests student’s knowledge and the ability of practical application. Both parts of the examination are reflected in the final classification.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to make students familiar with practical usage of the most suitable type of IRaM for projects of robotized places, with technical attributes of flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), as well as the principles applied for a proper choice of the individual FMS components.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at seminars is obligatory. Seminars contain both the theoretical lessons in the class and the practical lessons in the laboratory of IPMSaR. Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having worked out and submitted an individually assigned semester project.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Jean Pieree Merlet: Parallel Robots, Sophia Antinopolis, France, 2001
Lung Wen Tsai: The Mechanics of Serial and Parallel Manipulator, University of Maryland 2003
1. Warnecke, H-J.: Revolution der Unternehmenskultur
2. Molnár, Z.: Počítačem integrovaná výroba - CIM

Recommended reading

Bělohoubek, P., Kolíbal, Z.: Průmyslové roboty IV - Projektování výrobních systémů s PRaM
Knoflíček, R.: Mobilní roboty pro průmyslové využití, Ak. nakladatelství CERM, s. r. o. Brno, 2005
Knoflíček, R.: Roboty a pružné výrobní systémy, studijní opora, FSI VUT v Brně, 2004 - viz také www.fme.vutbr.cz
Kolíbal, Z.: Průmyslové roboty I - Konstrukce PRaM
Matička, R, Talácko, J.: Konstrukce MaPR
Novák, P.: Mobilní roboty - pohony, senzory, řízení, Technická literatura BEN Praha, 2005

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N2301-2 Master's

    branch M-AIŘ , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective (voluntary)
    branch M-AIŘ , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective (voluntary)

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Radek Knoflíček, Dr.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to industrial robots and manipulators (dictionary, definitions)
2. Basic problems, aspect evaluations of robots
3. Types of robots and their manufacturers in the Czech Republic and in Europe
4. Design of stationary types of industrial robots (robots components, OJ 10 type robot, end effectors)
5. Design elements of robots machineware (electrical and fluid drives)
6. Gear boxes and internal sensors
7. The peripheral devices of robotized workcells
8. Design and applications of mobile robots (types of mobile robots, automated vehicles, autonomous locomotion robots)
9. Application of industrial robots in production and services areas (robotized workcells, systems, designer rules)
10. Main subsystems and components of numerical controlled machines centres
11. Onespindle, multispindle and multipurposes machinning centres
12. Control system of NC machines
13. Technological subsystems of automated production systems