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Automation & Robotics

Director

Mr. Charles Dela Cuesta

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Description

Students apply engineering concepts to the design and production of automated systems and investigate the building blocks of robotic systems including sensors, analyzers, actuators, and drivers. Students solve problems which are aimed at integrating the concepts of automation and robotic systems, electronics, computer programming, manufacturing and materials processing, while investigating the social, cultural, and economic impacts of automating a variety of systems.

Projects

  • Design and Fabrication of a Glove-based Tele-operator for Remote Control of a Robotic Vehicle
  • Robotic Limb Prostheses
  • Quadcopter Use in Thermal Imaging
  • Voice Recognition System
  • A Hexapod All-Terrain Walking Robot
  • Laser Range Finding System for an Autonomous Vehicle

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Specialized
Equipment

  • 50 Watt Laser Cutters (ULS and Epliog)
  • LPKF Protomat Printed Circuit Board Mill
  • NextEngine Laser 3D Scanner
  • Stratasys uPrint 3D Printer
  • Makerbot Replicator 2s

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