Robotics: Programming Fundamentals

This course provides a fundamental understanding of industrial and manufacturing robot programming concepts and techniques, including best practices for safely working around robots. Robots in virtually all industrial environments, from manufacturing and metal fabrication to transportation and electronics, require the same basic inputs – where they’re starting, where they’re going, and specifically how to get there safely and accurately. This course provides insights into how robots are taught, how points are saved, how calibration works, and how programs are structured.​

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the purpose of robot programming and how motion paths are defined and saved.
• Identify basic parts of robot anatomy.
• Understand the concepts of teaching points, frames, and jogging.
• Differentiate between joint, linear, and circular motions.
• Describe mastering and encoder alignment.
• Understand basic program elements, subprograms, logic actions, and input/output commands.
• Define world, tool, user, and jog frames in robotic motion.