KUKA Robotics Workshop
In this workshop, you will get hands-on experience working with an industrial robot. First, you will design how the robot should move and act, then test it to see how it performs different tasks. Here, you take on several roles at once: researcher, technologist, engineer, and programmer. The skills you gain are useful for collaborating with industry.
Equipment
What can you use here?
The workshop has two six-axis KUKA robotic arms that are connected to a pneumatic system. You will work with various robotic tools, such as an electric gripper or an extruder. Some tools are designed and custom-built by students in the workshop and left for others to use after each project. Because our tool library is always growing, the robots can do many things, from shaping materials and working with felt to weaving, cutting cookies, blowing soap bubbles, and making chocolate shavings.Learning Opportunities
What can you learn here?
You will learn to design your own robotic processes. The work involves programming the robot, analyzing its parameters, and observing how code changes affect the outcome. You will design and build custom tools so the robot can do specific jobs. All of this will help you develop logical and mathematical thinking skills.
A big part of your work will be observing human hand movements and figuring out how to translate them into actions for the robot. This will help you understand how processes work and how humans and machines can work together.
