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Baltimore City Community College’s 2024 - 2025 Catalog 
    
Baltimore City Community College’s 2024 - 2025 Catalog

Robotics and Mechatronics Certificate


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The Robotics and Mechatronics Certificate Program trains students to be robotics/automation/manufacturing/mechatronics technicians who can maintain, program, troubleshoot, and repair robots and mechatronics systems in different applications. Students in this certificate program receive extensive training in robotics, PLCs, mechatronics, computer controls, instrumentation, data acquisition, mechanical controls, pneumatics, electrical power, motors, and hydraulics. This certificate program emphasizes hands-on training and prepares students for immediate employment. This certificate program does not require any mathematics prerequisite.

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

Robotics/Mechatronics Certificate


Total Semster Credits 10


Total Semester Credits 8


Program Total 18


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