Robots and Flexible Production Systems (FSI-VRP)

Academic year 2020/2021
Supervisor: doc. Ing. Radek Knoflíček, Dr.  
Supervising institute: ÚVSSR all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
Aims of the course unit:
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.
Learning outcomes and competences:
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 knowledges of projection and designing machines and devices.
Course contents:
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.
Teaching methods and criteria:
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Teaching is suplemented by practical laboratory work. According to the possibility of teaching can be organized lectures for students by practitioners and excursions to companies focused on activities related to the course content.
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.
Controlled participation in lessons:
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 written semester project.
Type of course unit:
    Lecture  13 × 2 hrs. optionally                  
    Laboratory exercise  13 × 1 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture 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. One-spindle, multispindle and multipurposes machinning centres
12. Control system of NC machines
13. Technological subsystems of automated production systems in according Industry 4.0
    Laboratory exercise Semestral project on main topic: Project of robotized workplaces and programming of industrial robots and their pheripherals.
Literature - fundamental:
1. 1. Warnecke, H-J.: Revolution der Unternehmenskultur
2. 2. Molnár, Z.: Počítačem integrovaná výroba - CIM
3. Jean Pieree Merlet: Parallel Robots, Sophia Antinopolis, France, 2001
4. Lung Wen Tsai: The Mechanics of Serial and Parallel Manipulator, University of Maryland 2003
Literature - recommended:
1. Matička, R, Talácko, J.: Konstrukce MaPR
2. Kolíbal, Z.: Průmyslové roboty I - Konstrukce PRaM
3. Bělohoubek, P., Kolíbal, Z.: Průmyslové roboty IV - Projektování výrobních systémů s PRaM
4. Knoflíček, R.: Roboty a pružné výrobní systémy, studijní opora, FSI VUT v Brně, 2004 - viz také www.fme.vutbr.cz
5. Knoflíček, R.: Mobilní roboty pro průmyslové využití, Ak. nakladatelství CERM, s. r. o. Brno, 2005
6. Novák, P.: Mobilní roboty - pohony, senzory, řízení, Technická literatura BEN Praha, 2005
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
M2I-P full-time study M-AIŘ Applied Computer Science and Control P linked to branch B-AIR Cr,Ex 4 Elective 2 2 W
M2I-P full-time study M-AIŘ Applied Computer Science and Control -- Cr,Ex 4 Elective 2 2 W