A course testing the catalog function.
- Subject
- RAE
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- CURRENT 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Source
- catalog.wcu.edu
- Prerequisite
- First year student. Credits: 4
11 courses with the subject RAE, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
A course testing the catalog function.
An introduction to mechatronics with an emphasis on industrial applications. Topics will include sensors, actuators, wiring, controllers, programming, applications, and safety. The course will emphasize application of standards for controlling industrial equipment and products. 2 Lecture, 2 Lab.
The course will explore manufacturing processes such as welding, machining, assembling, finishing, molding, forming, and additive methods. Special emphasis will be placed on processes used in the design and manufacturing of modern products.
Students will experience a variety of manufacturing processes used in modern industry. Topics will include processes such as welding, machining, metrology, injection molding, and computer numerical control (CNC) machining.
The use of robots and robotic systems in industrial applications will be evaluated and applied. Topics will include robot types, applications, tooling, programming, safety, and integration to industrial control systems. 2 Lecture, 2 Lab.
This course will cover advanced topics for robotic applications such as vision systems, machine learning, advanced sensing, advanced motion control, databases, and enterprise-level systems. 2 Lecture, 2 Lab.
Autonomous robots must navigate unknown and changing environments. Common methods for sensing the environment, mapping the space, and planning motion will be explored. Advanced topics include vision systems, inertial measurement, and artificial intelligence.
This course will cover a set of contemporary topics that represent new or emerging trends related to robotics and automation. Topics will normally include artificial intelligence (AI), networked systems, cybersecurity, autonomous systems, business systems, and emerging technologies.
Students will design and develop advanced automated and robotic systems. The systems will include application analysis, system architecture, selection of hardware and software, design of physical hardware, implementation of all needed software, integration, and performance testing.
Methods for modeling robotic and automated systems will be explored. These include continuous and discrete event multi-domain systems. Computer based techniques for analyzing the models will be used for decision making. Multiple applications of the models and simulations are included.
Students will learn to control dynamic systems using engineering components such as servo drives, linear actuators, continuous sensors, and feedback controllers.
Source: Western Carolina University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61