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Unit
– Automation & Robotics
This lesson
plan was re-written and adapted from Lab-Volt's original plan that
complemented their computer-driven curriculum. Activities have been
changed in part, when accommodations were deemed to benefit the
learner by more closely meeting the needs of the transescent child.
In addition, I have matched the objectives in each lesson to the
Wisconsin State Standards they satisfy for Technology Education.
Lesson One: Robots and Industry
Objective:
- The student will be able to discuss the basics of robotics and
its importance to the manufacturing industry.
Standard 1: The Characteristics
and Scope of Technology
Benchmark:
1) Usefulness of technology
2) Development of technology
3) Human creativity and motivation
4) Product Demand
Standard 10: The Role of Troubleshooting,
Research and Development, Invention and Innovation, and Experimentation
in Problem Solving
Benchmark:
2) Invention and innovation
Standard 19: Manufacturing
Technologies
Benchmark:
3) Manufacturing Processes
Activity:
1) View video footage of automation in industry.
2) Diagram the major components of the robot.
Evaluation:
Robot Arm Familiarization Exercise
Lesson Two: Operating and Initializing
Your Robot
Objective:
- The student will be able to initialize the robot and explore
the operating modes of the MICROBOT Teach Control.
Standard 2: The Core Concepts
of Technology
Benchmark:
6) Controls
Standard 10: The Role of Troubleshooting,
Research and Development, Invention and Innovation, and Experimentation
in Problem Solving
Benchmark:
3) Experimentation
Standard 12: Use and Maintain
Technological Products and Systems
Benchmark:
1) Use information to see how things work
4) Operate systems
Activity:
Read Technology textbook pages 171-173
View Video Footage
Perform Robot Demonstration Program
Unscramble Word Exercise
Evaluation:
The student can successfully initialize the robot and set the
registers to zero before executing a program.
Lesson Three: Introduction to Robot
Programming
Objective:
- The student will be able to program the robot to perform a simple
task.
Standard 2: The Core Concepts
of Technology
Benchmark:
6) Controls
Standard 12: Use and Maintain
Technological Products and Systems
Benchmark:
5) Operate Systems
Activity:
Read: Technology textbook page 185, “What’s an End
Effector?”
Perform: Robot Stacking Program
View: Video Footage
Complete: Word Scramble Exercise
Evaluation:
The student can successfully program his/her robot. In this lesson
the student has also discovered that programming robots requires
more than just recording the starting point and the ending point.
Additional program points are needed to ensure that robots do
not interfere with other objects, including the object to be moved,
when going between program points.
Lesson Four: Program Editing
Objective:
- The student will be able to edit a program using the Teach Control.
Standard 9: Engineering Design
Benchmark:
2) Modeling, testing, evaluating, and modifying
Activity:
Perform: Editing the Robot Program
View: View Footage
Evaluation:
The student will successfully edit a robot’s program
Lesson Five: The MOVE and FREE Commmands
Objective:
- The student will be able to demonstrate the MOVE and FREE commands,
and identify their applications.
Standard 12: Use and Maintain
Technological Products and Systems
Benchmark:
1) Use information to see how things work
2) Safely use tools to diagnose, adjust, and repair
3) Use computer and calculators
4) Operate systems
Activity:
Perform: The MOVE Command Experiment
The FREE Command Experiment
Complete: Crossword Exercise
Evaluation:
The student can successfully use the MOVE and FREE commands. Also
use the FREE command to turn off the power to all the stepper
motors so that they can be moved manually by turning the appropriate
gears in the robot body.
Lesson Six: The Applications and
GRIP Command
Objective:
- The student will be able to demonstrate the GRIP command.
Standard 12: Use and Maintain
Technological Products and Systems
Benchmark:
5) Use information to see how things work
6) Safely use tools to diagnose, adjust, and repair
7) Use computer and calculators
8) Operate systems
Activity:
Perform: The GRIP Command Experiment
View: Video Footage
Evaluation:
The student can successfully use the GRIP command to grip an object
and discuss some ways robots are used.
Lesson Seven: The OUT Command
Objective:
- The student will be able to demonstrate the OUT command.
Standard 12: Use and Maintain
Technological Products and Systems
Benchmark:
9) Use information to see how things work
10) Safely use tools to diagnose, adjust, and repair
11) Use computer and calculators
12) Operate systems
Activity:
Perform: The OUT Command Experiment
Complete: Fill in the Blanks Exercise
Evaluation:
The student can successfully use the OUT command.
Lesson Eight: The JUMP Command
Objective:
- The student will be able to demonstrate the JUMP commands.
Standard 12: Use and Maintain
Technological Products and Systems
Benchmark:
13) Use information to see how things work
14) Safely use tools to diagnose, adjust, and repair
15) Use computer and calculators
16) Operate systems
Activity:
Perform: The JUMP Command Experiment
Complete: Crossword Exercise
Evaluation:
The student can successfully employ the JUMP command.
Lesson Nine: The PROGRAM Listing
Objective:
- The student will be able to demonstrate documenting a program
and create a PROGRAM listing.
Standard 12: Use and Maintain
Technological Products and Systems
Benchmark:
1) Use information to see how things work
2) Safely use tools to diagnose, adjust, and repair
3) Use computer and calculators
4) Operate systems
Activity:
Perform: PROGRAM Listing Experiment
Complete: PROGRAM Listing Activity Worksheet
Evaluation:
The student can successfully document a program and create a program
listing.
Lesson Ten: Careers
Objective:
- The student will discover some ways in which robots are used
in industry.
Standard 1: The Characteristics
and Scope of Technology
Benchmark:
1) Usefulness of technology
Standard 3: The Relationships
Among Technologies and the Connections Between Technology and
Other Fields
Benchmark:
3) Interrelation of technological environments
Objective:
- The student will be able to explore the careers that are available
in the field of automation and robotics.
Standard 3: The Relationships
Among Technologies and the Connections Between Technology and
Other Fields
Benchmark:
1) Interaction of systems
2) Interrelation of technological environments
3) Knowledge from other fields of study and technology
Activity:
View: Video Footage
Complete: Post Test
Evaluation:
The student can successfully discuss career opportunities in the
field of automation and robotics.
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