Supplementary professional advanced-training programme has been developed at the Industrial Robotics Development Centre of South Ural State University. During a one-week course, students will gain skills of safe commissioning, programming, and diagnostics of industrial robots, including offline programming, basic maintenance, and their integration with peripherals. Classes for the first 40 students will begin already on September 29th.
“OOO “ENERGOCHEL” company and other industrial partners of our university commissioned this training programme,” said Head of the SUSU Department of Electric Drives, Mechatronics, and Electromechanics Maksim Grigorev. “Robotics is still in its early stages in Russia, so the demand for the field-specific specialists among integrator companies will be quite high in the near future, and we are ready to train such personnel. The competencies acquired by students in the new programme are applicable to all enterprises across our country involved in automation in general, including the automation of robotic systems and their integration. We will offer the course an unlimited number of times, as long as we receive a sufficient number of applications: from 5 to 40.”
Group classes will be held in a mixed format: 20 hours of in-person classes at the university using specialized programs and industrial robots manufactured by OOO Robot Plant (ChKPZ Group) and KUKA, and 20 hours in a distance-learning format, independently solving production problems. Lectures and practical exercises will be conducted by qualified university teachers.
During the 40-hour course, students will learn to create and debug a control program for an industrial robot, configure its position and tools, and verify coordinates. Participants will master data exchange with peripherals via discrete signals, learn how to perform offline planning and collision checking using specialized software, and transfer program code to the controller.
In the theoretical part of the course, students will learn about the design and functionality of robots and peripherals (auxiliary equipment), safety requirements for robotic cells, and the basics of Maintenance and Repair regulations.
The Programming and Maintenance of Industrial Robots programme is open to anyone aged 18 or older with a secondary vocational education or higher in any speciality.
A total of four disciplines, such as Kinematics and Coordinate Systems of Industrial Robots, Industrial Robot Setup, Safety in the Operation of Industrial Robots, and Industrial Robot Programming will be covered.
All participants who successfully pass the final attestation in the form of a test (a one-hour computer test of 10 questions) will receive state-standard certificates of professional advanced training with the indication "Specialist in the Operation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) in Mechanical Engineering". Such specialists will be able to provide technical support for the commissioning, reconfiguration, and operation of FMS in mechanical engineering at enterprises.
This supplementary professional advanced-training programme was developed by South Ural State University as part of the "Development of Industrial Robotics and Automation of Production" federal project.
Information on how to apply for the advanced training programme and tuition fees is available on the SUSU Supplementary Professional Education website.