Industrial Robotics & Factory Automation
Conveyors, Sensors & Robotic Arm
The V5 Workcell utilizes a robotic arm and conveyor system, sensors, potentiometers and controllers and more that students build into a simulated professional workcell, automated micro-factory or assembly line.
Robot Mastering
Workcell is a cost efficient option to instruct industrial robot mastering. Mastering an industrial robot is the process of identifying with precision the geometrical parameters in an robot's kinematic structure. This is essential in making sure that the robot functions as programmed and completes its tasks safely, precisely and efficiently. Additionally, it provides roboticists with insight into how to make quick adjustments when needed, or how to enhance the accuracy and repeatability of robotic motion. The V5 VEX Workcell has potentiometers that are also used to know where the arm of the Workcell is in three-dimensional space.
Educational robotics can be a powerful asset for addressing both computer science pedagogy and equity issues. Through robotics, students are able to bridge the gap between physical and virtual worlds, gaining an understanding of computer science in a meaningful and engaging way. Robotics can also empower learners who experience bias or lack of access in traditional avenues of learning, providing an additional gateway to computer science knowledge that has broad potential applications.
Commercial Space Sector
The VEX Continuum has many points of entry and customization into Space education. And provide effective resources that develop the skills, knowledge and understanding need for many different kinds of jobs involved in commercial space missions and launch operations. The VEX IQ, VEXcode VR, VEX EXP & V5 and V5 Workcell platforms are at the ready today, right now, to deliver curricula, games, challenges and employer-customized activities that drive workforce competencies and knowledge needed for a viable commercial Space industry.For example, parameters in VEXcode Vr challenges can be set to non-Earth environments and simulate missions to the Martian surface, deep space, Low Earth Orbit and the very accessible high-altitudes, like the Edge of Space zone. The Mars Math Expedition Site when debris is cleared.In my view, this is a great example of how we make STEM learning interesting, imaginative and actionable for young people who are otherwise disconnected from academics. VEX offers a great way to jumpstart careers of experienced workers who won't upskill/reskill in a community college classNameroom for three hours on Wednesday nights, or by taking an Intro to Physics className online.for manfucturing, scientific research, and good old fashioned human exploration.that will be commercially and privately accessible in their lifetimes (if not already). job training and with total-package curricula and tools to on Mars. This is particularly useful as the such as and, or even These simulations and challeges can replicate real-world, off-earth scenarios - like operating robotic arms and conveyor systems from hundreds of thousands of miles away, if not more, in extreme conditions. And increasing their confidence and competency in engineering principles while developing their ability to think critically within complex aerospace scenarios.