Name of Sponsoring Organization: University of South Florida (EE)
Sponsor Point of Contact (name): Dr. Wilfrido Moreno and Dr. Alexandro Castellanos
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Project Title: Design, Implementation and Validation of an Industrial Robot Work Cell
Required EE Area(s) of Expertise: Systems Engineering, Robot Programming, Engineering Analysis, Embedded Systems, Robotics, Electrical Installations
Brief Project Description: A Robot Cell is a complete system that includes the robot, controller, and other peripherals. Robot cells are sometimes referred to as Workcells. The EE Department stablished a partnership program with ABB Robotics in order to train/certify students in the industrial robotics area. The ABB’s robotic program for education is designed to offer students an insight into: How industrial robots operate – The design and control principles of industrial robots – The design and control principles of Robotic Workcells – Programming ABB robots using the offline programming software, RobotStudio – Robotic cell hazards, health and safety and maintenance requirements. With the design, fabrication and labs experiment development of its own Robot Workcell: The EE Department seeks to ensure the undergrad and graduate level students’ training in this key area of Electrical Engineering.
Major system products expected from this project: Following a System Engineering approach, the students will design, integrate and test a Robot Workcell, B) develop instructional based Robot-Software applications C) Electrical Installation. D) System Validation E) RobotStudio software development F) Experiments Design for Educational application.
Parts of the project that “Engineering Design” is expected (e.g., mathematical calculations and/or verification simulations): A) Work Cell Design, B) Robot/Software Design and Integration, C) Experiments design & Validation.
The level of support (Time: technical guidance, materials, computing, financial, etc.) for the project. If no financial support will be provided, please offer an estimate of the Materials Cost: 1) Technical guidance by Dr. Moreno & Dr. Castellanos (weekly for 1 hours minimum); 2) Access for RobotStudio software 3) The EE Department already acquired two ABB irb_120 industrial robots and most of the parts needed (conveyor belts, hardware, extruded aluminum, etc. for the work cell’s fabrication (approx. $35,000) 4) Lab space and infrastructure for the design and implementation of the work cell.