Eastern Kentucky University

Department of Applied Engineering & Technology

AEM 352

Lab 5 Developing Robotics Application

Submitted by
Arielynn Rollins
Corey Clark
Matt Eades
Chris Johnson
Date Submitted: 11/4/2015
Date Performed: 10/28/2015

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Introduction
In this laboratory assignment, students were given the task of running an automated stamping
function with the laboratory robotic arm. The robot would stamp the word 'Accept' and 'Declined'
on sheets of paper, and this function can be used for quality assurance as an example of a
practical application. Students did have to use two different types of stamps, and each stamp
behaved in different ways, which made the lab completely unstandardized across the board.
Initially, the objectives in this lab seemed simple, but after the first day, the lab was proved to be
more challenging than expected.

Objectives

Programming robot with LOOPING functions

Design and program a robotic application

Equipment and Applications Used

Teach Pendant
Robotic Operating System
Mitsubishi Robotic Arm
List of Program Instructions and Task Requirements
2 stamps reading "Accept" and "Declined"
Lab Description
This lab teaches students about finite production details. It also shows how robotics can be
extremely precise, and how much control one can have over these units. Students were asked to
get two ink stamps. One that says 'Accepted' and one that says 'Declined'. The robot would have
to be programmed to pick up one stamp, then have enough force to stamp Accepted on a sheet of
paper. The robot would go and drop the stamp, then pick up a Declined stamp. The robot would

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then stamp Declined on a sheet of paper three times. The robot would then go back to PSAFE,
and would start again by activating the switch on the conveyor system besides the robot for
added safety and production value.

Discussion of Questions
This lab was designed to show students how to use inputs to create a productive interaction with
the robot. Since there was only one sensor or button, the group set the command as shown in
Appendix A, line 2 to wait until the interaction was completed and then run the sequence of
steps. Technique wise the group found out that the stamp itself had issues staying together, and
to fix this issue the speed on the robot was decreased.

Conclusions
The major objectives of this lab (programming the robot with LOOPING functions and designing and
programming a robotic application)

gave students an excellent opportunity to gain hands-onexperience

with both of the lab robot models. Although the group encountered significant challenges in
working through this lab, it was ultimately a very informative, engaging and interesting
experience that demonstrated practical applications relating to robotics.

Appendix A: Photograph of program written to meet lab objectives

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Appendix B: Video of robot running through program

https://www.dropbox.com/s/edkqfrab9qqb544/video-1446492761.mp4.mp4?dl=0

(Please follow the above link to access video)

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