What is the difference between non-standard robotic arms and automation?

The main difference between non-standard robotic arms is that the field of mechanical manufacturing and automation tends to focus on mechanical aspects, while the field of automation mainly studies automatic control theory as well as electrical and electronic aspects.

Automation: Compared to focusing on control aspects, such as a robotic arm or a robot. The automation major is the study of how to control the movements of robotic arms, such as relays, travel switches, PLCs, DCS, and other modular controls.

Mechanical automation: focuses on design and assembly. For example, for a Shandong robotic arm, the major of mechanical manufacturing and automation is to study the entire process of producing various components of the robotic arm, including the size and accuracy of each part, as well as the assembly time gap of each part.

1. Industrial Process Control Direction: Supported by automatic control and computer technology, this course aims to achieve automatic control for actual industrial production processes. It consists of core courses such as signal detection and transformation, process control, computer control systems, intelligent control, and on-site general route control technology. 

2. Electrical Engineering Direction: Enable students to engage in design, development, maintenance, and management work in the fields of power system automation, factory enterprise, building system power supply and electrical control, monitoring, etc. The main courses consist of electrical control technology, motion control, PLC application technology, power supply technology, and power system relay protection.

3. Embedded System Direction: Emphasize the cultivation of embedded system design and software design abilities, combine theory with practice, and cultivate professional talents in the field of embedded systems through various forms of learning such as classroom teaching and experiments; The main courses consist of embedded system design, embedded real-time operating systems, DSP technology, advanced display technology, and motor control.