Technology Studies: Robotics and Mechatronics Technician Certificate (RMTC-CC-COT)

This 2024-25 Curriculum Guide is intended as a reference for Fall 2024 registration. The complete 2024-25 Academic Catalog will be finalized on July 1, 2024.

This certificate provides training in Mechatronics. Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field that includes a combination of mechanical systems, robotics, electronics, telecommunications, digital processing, and digital controls. Using both instructional techniques and hands-on practice with state-of-the-art equipment, the student will receive a comprehensive and expansive education in an ever-growing career field. The successful graduate may apply their knowledge and skills in a variety of fields such as engineering, design, manufacturing, machining, troubleshooting and repair of automated equipment. The student who completes the Robotics and Mechatronics Technician certificate program has a choice to pursue employment or to matriculate in an associate degree program.

Learning Outcomes:

• Technical knowledge of the electrical sciences vital to automated electric power systems, control systems, communication systems, and sensing systems.
• Technical knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power generation, transmission, control, and maintenance.
• Technical knowledge of mechanical control systems, timing systems, and power transmission systems from a maintenance and repair perspective.
• Technical knowledge of the generation, logic, and application of digital signals as applied in automated mechatronic systems.
• Practical knowledge of robotic systems that would include function, operation, programming, and maintenance of multiple industry leading robot vendors.
• Skill in the maintenance of mechatronic systems, the diagnosis of root causes of points of failure in those systems, and the strategies of troubleshooting solutions.
• Extensive on campus maintenance and repair practicum with state-of-the-art educational systems constructed of components from industry leading vendors including Fanuc, Festo, Siemens, Rockwell Automation, Allen Bradley, ABB, Bridgeport, Microsoft, et al.