«Fundamentals of Robotics» (practicum)

«Fundamentals of Robotics» (practicum)

Fundamentals of Robotics Practicum (200+ Pages) — A Ready-to-Use Course Without Expensive Simulators

This is a ready-to-implement educational course comprising over 200 pages, designed to solve the main challenge of modern education: the lack of expensive equipment and specialized software.

The manual is built on the principle of "accessibility." Completing all tasks requires no 3D simulators, industrial robots, or paid licenses. The entire practicum is based on the standard Microsoft Office suite: Word is used for formatting GOST-compliant reports and writing pseudocode; Excel is used for engineering calculations (kinematics, areas, economics, reliability theory); and Paint is used for creating kinematic diagrams and workcell layouts. This makes the course universally applicable to any educational institution.

The practicum includes 10 detailed practical works covering the entire life cycle of a robotic system. Students study the robot´s design and degrees of freedom, map its workspace, master TCP calibration, develop pseudocode programs, and design both sensor wiring diagrams and complete robotic workcells. Special attention is given to safety: hazard analysis, risk assessment, drafting maintenance schedules, and troubleshooting. The course concludes with an analysis of future trends—from AI to cobots.

Each assignment includes 10 different individual task variants (preventing cheating), 10 review questions, and 3 real-world production cases to develop engineering thinking.

This practicum is a turnkey solution for training specialists in mechatronics, automation, and robotics, suitable for any real-world educational institution regardless of its equipment level.

Additional information:

Practical Work No. 1. "Study of Industrial Robot Design: Anatomy, Kinematics, Characteristics, and Analysis"

Practical Work No. 2. "Construction of the Robot´s Workspace: Calculations, Graphical Modeling, and Reachability Analysis"

Practical Work No. 3. "TCP Calibration: Full Calculation, Accuracy Analysis, and Schematic Design"

Practical Work No. 4. "Pseudocode Program Development: Full Robot Programming Cycle"

Practical Work No. 5. "Sensor Wiring Diagram, Parameter Calculation, and Analysis"

Practical Work No. 6. "Robotic Workcell Design: Layout, Area Calculation, Zoning, and Safety Analysis"

Practical Work No. 7. "Hazard Analysis, Risk Assessment, and Development of Protective Measures"

Practical Work No. 8. "Development of a Maintenance Schedule: Planning, Cost Calculation, and Efficiency Analysis"

Practical Work No. 9. "Troubleshooting of Robotic Systems: Knowledge Base, Statistics, and Search Algorithm"

Practical Work No. 10. "Analysis of Future Robotics Trends: Research, Forecasting, and Development of an Adaptation Strategy"