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Learning path · 7 courses

Industrial robotics

FANUC, ABB and KUKA, three of the robot brands most common on automotive and electronics lines, plus the servo and motion control they sit on.

In order

The courses

Take them in this order. Each one is free and stands on its own.

  1. 1FANUC Robot Programming with the Teach Pendant and ROBOGUIDERobotics · Beginner · 24 hours
  2. 2ABB Robot Programming with RobotStudio and RAPIDRobotics · Beginner · 17 hours
  3. 3KUKA Robot Programming with KUKA.Sim, smartPAD and WorkVisualRobotics · Beginner · 18 hours
  4. 4Servo Drives and Motion ControlMotion control · Intermediate · 18 hours
  5. 5Universal Robots Cobot Programming with PolyScopeRobotics · Beginner · 10 hours
  6. 6Yaskawa Motoman Robot ProgrammingRobotics · Beginner · 13 hours
  7. 7RoboDK Offline Programming and SimulationRobotics · Beginner · 26 hours

Then

Practise the job and find one

Questions

Industrial robotics: common questions

Is the Industrial robotics path free?
Yes. All 7 courses are free: every lesson, quiz and final exam costs nothing. A verifiable certificate for a course is optional, at £19 including VAT once you pass its final exam. It is a certificate of completion, not a regulated qualification.
How long does it take?
About 126 hours of video across 7 courses, plus quizzes. At five hours a week that is roughly 25 weeks, and you can start or stop any course whenever you like.
Do I need hardware or paid software?
No PLC hardware is needed. Each course page lists the software it uses; most run in free or trial versions, and many have practice in the browser-based EDWartens Lab.
What can it lead to?
Practise the job itself with the free Robotics Engineer job simulation (the first five days are free, no card), then browse live UK Robotics and motion jobs. Neither is a promise of a job.