Overview

This unit of study aims to have you develop the ability to combine various elements of robotic automation to create systems that improve manufacturing productivity.

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Appraise industrial robot applications based on basic characteristics of robots and in the context of manufacturing environments (K3, K4, K5, S1)
  • Design robot systems within specified constraints for manufacturing applications that satisfy requirements in terms of productivity, flexibility and sustainability (K3, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7)
  • Analyse and simulate the motion of an articulated robot arm (K1, K2, K3, S1, S3)
  • Execute the programming of the motion of a robot that combines various elements of automation (K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, A7)
  • Analyse fluid power systems relating to industrial robot systems and custom-built manufacturing automation (K1, K3, S1, S2)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Lecture		2.00 12 weeks 24
On-campus
Class		2.00 12 weeks 24
On-campus
Lab		2.00 6 weeks 12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		7.50 12 weeks 90
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssessmentGroup 10% 3 
ExaminationIndividual 50% 3,5 
Project ReportGroup 15% 4 
Project ReportGroup 25% 1,2 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

(i) An aggregate mark of 50% or more, and(ii) Obtain at least 40% in the final examStudents who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

  • Robot definition, classification, characteristics, applications in manufacturing, robot safety and financial justification of robotic installations
  • Robotic automation and sustainability
  • Automated assemblies
  • Robot arm forward kinematics and inverse kinematics
  • Motion kinematics
  • Hydraulic and pneumatic circuit design

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.