• About the RTP

    The Alabama Robotics Technology Park will consist of three individual training facilities each targeted to a specific industry need. The three buildings will have an investment of approximately $71 million including robotics equipment.

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  • Mission

    The mission of the Robotics Technology Park (RTP) is to provide a technically trained, highly-skilled, and educated workforce for current and future automation and robotics technologies, to assist public and private entities in developing new robotics systems and technologies, and to promote the growth and expansion of... Read More

  • Vision and Goals

    The Robotics Technology Park will educate and train citizens in emerging robotics and automation technologies that will enable Alabama as a world leader.

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Sunday, September 05, 2010

RTP News

WSFA News of RTP WSFA Reporter, Tonya Terry, met with Ed Castile to speak about the upcoming Grand Opening of RTP.
The New Alabama Robotics Park Construction of a new Robotics Technology Park is underway i...
Alabama Robotic Park Opening Soon
Groundbreaking for RTP Phase II Groundbreaking for RTP Phase II will be held on Tuesday, June 22 at 10:30am.
Classes
Basic PLC Technology
noimageCourse Length: 8 Hours
Prerequisites: Electrical Safety
Min/Max Attendees: Min: 4 / Max: 8
Who May Attend? All Associates
Certification Offered? No
Pass/Fail Required? No
Course Description:
This course offers a brief overview of PLCs and their application in electrical controls.  This class is part of the electrical series and focuses on how PLCs work rather than their software.
Course Objectives:
•    Explain how a PLC works
•    Explain the binary and the octal numbering systems
•    Define a PLC scan
•    Explain how a PLC references input and output devices
•    Implement and program two-wire and three-wire motor control circuits in a PLC
•    Demonstrate how input/output modules operate and interface
•    Implement basic discrete program functions in a PLC  I/O
•    Troubleshoot the input/output system of a PLC
 
noimageCourse Length: 40 Hours
Prerequisites: None
Min/Max Attendees: Min: 6 / Max: 20
Who May Attend? All Associates
Certification Offered? Yes
Pass/Fail Required? Yes
Course Description:
This course explains robots and the procedures to follow when working around them in an engineering environment. It reviews common types of accidents associated with robot work and the sources of these accidents.­
Course Objectives:­
  • Recognize hazard areas and their potential consequences
  • Appreciate safe use of teach pendant or other controls that operate within the work area
  • Recognize the robot’s system’s workspaces
 

noimageCourse Length: 24 Hours
Prerequisites: None
Min/Max Attendees: Min: 6 / Max: 20
Who May Attend? All Associate
Certification Offered?Yes
Pass/Fail Required? Yes
Course Description:­
This course explains robots and the procedures to follow when working around them in a maintenance and repair mode.. It reviews common types of accidents associated with robot work and the sources of these accidents.­
Course Objectives:­

  • Recognize hazard areas and their potential consequences­
  • Appreciate safe use of teach pendant or other controls that operate within the work area
  • Recognize the robot’s system’s workspaces­
 
Robotics Safety Operator
noimageCourse Length: 16 Hours
Prerequisites: None
Min/Max Attendees: Min: 6 / Max: 20
Who May Attend: All Associates
Certification Offered? Yes
Pass/Fail Required? Yes
Course Description:
This course explains robots and the procedures to follow when working around them. It reviews common types of accidents associated with robot work and the sources of these accidents.­
Course Objectives:
  • Recognize hazard areas and their potential consequences­
  • Appreciate safe use of teach pendant or other controls that operate within the work area
  • Recognize the robot’s system’s workspaces
 


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