Robotics/Mechatronics Technology, AAS

Robotics/Mechantronics Technology

The Robotics/Mechatronics Technology Program trains students to be robotics/mechatronics/automation/manufacturing/electronics technicians who can program, troubleshoot, and repair robots and mechatronics devices in different applications. A robotics/mechatronics technician is a highly skilled person who works with industrial/manufacturing specialists in the rapidly expanding and dynamic industry of automated manufacturing. The robotics/mechatronics student receives extensive training in robotics, electronics, computer controls, data acquisition, mechanical controls, pneumatics, electrical power, motors, and hydraulics relative to industrial robots and mechatronics devices. The graduates of the Robotics/Mechatronics Technology Program can also transfer to Morgan State University and Capitol College to pursue BS degrees in Engineering or Engineering Technology.

Suggested Sequence of Courses

** All BCCC students must meet the College’s Computer Literacy requirements in order to receive a degree or a certificate. All first-time, full- and part-time degree and certificate seeking students are required to complete the PRE 100 course within the first six credits.

Program Learning Outcomes

Operate/program /repair industrial robots.
Describe current status of robotics technology and new development.
Operate CNC machine to produce a part with the process of designing, AutoCAD, format conversion, design input, CNC tool/path configuration, CNC simulation and CNC operation.
Use various sensors to develop a automation cell.
Use Ohms’ Law and Kirchhoff’s rule to analyze DC/AC circuits.
Solve problems related to semiconductors, digital systems and PLCs.
Use CAD software to produce 2d and 3D designs.
Use college level mathematics knowledge to solve technology problems.
Communicate with peers/supervisors effectively

1st Semester

PRE 100 - Preparation for Academic Achievement (1 credit)
CLT 100 - Computer Literacy (2 credits)
ELC 120 - DC Circuits Analysis (3 credits)
MAT 127 - College Algebra and Trigonometry (4 credits)
RBT 105 - Introduction to Robotics/Mechatronics (4 credits)
HLF-Elective - Health and Life Fitness Elective (1 Credits)

Total Semester Credits 16

2nd Semester

ELC 121 - AC Circuits Analysis (3 credits)
SPE 101 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 credits) Meets General Education requirement for this program
HLF-Elective - Health and Life Fitness Elective (1 credit)
ENG 101 - English Writing (3 credits) Meets General Education requirement for this program
MAT 107 - Modern Elementary Statistics (3 credits) Meets General Education requirement for this program

Total Semester Credits 12

3rd Semester

PHY 101 - Fundamentals of Physics I (4 credits) *** Meets General Education requirement for this program
RBT 150 - Computer Assisted Manufacturing (CAM) and Industrial Instrumentation (4 credits)
ELC 256 - Digital Fundamentals and Circuits (3 credits)
EGN 101 - Engineering Graphics (3 credits)
ECO 201 - The American Economy I: Macroeconomic Theory (3 credits) Meets General Education requirement for this program

Total Semester Credits 17

4th Semester

RBT 204 - Robotics Applications and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) (3 credits)
RBT 206 - Robotics Application and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) Lab (1 credit)
RBT 205 - Mechatronics: Principles and Applications (4 credits)
CAD 208 - CADD Mechanical Applications (3 credits)
General Education Elective: Biological and Physical Sciences with lab (4 credits)

Total Semester Credits 15

Program Total 60

Notes:

* Robotics/Mechantronics Technology students may have summer internship opportunities at industries or Morgan State University School of Engineering.
** Depending on a student’s BCCC college math placement scores (through the Accuplacer Test) and the Robotics/Mechantronics Technology Coordinator’s evaluation of the student’s math placement scores, a Robotics/Mechantronics Technology student may be placed into a higher level math course such as MAT 140 instead of MAT 127 .
*** PHY 203 maybe substituted for PHY 101 .