Robotics lab · Level 8 of 8
Fault finding
Level 8 of 8 in the Robotics lab: a free robot programming exercise at Advanced level, which takes about 35 minutes. A loading cell has three faults. Read the symptoms, find each cause, fix it, and get six parts into the fixture within the cycle time.
Free · no download · about 35 minutes. Your work is saved on this device. Updated 18 Oct 2026.
The brief
- Client
- Fairbourne Machinery
- Site
- Loading cell 4
- Work order
- WO-RB-108
- Task code
- ROB-08
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Type of work
- Fault-finding
A loading cell has three faults. Read the symptoms, find each cause, fix it, and get six parts into the fixture within the cycle time.
Skills you practise
- Reading symptoms
- TCP and zone data
- Air and sensor checks
- Cycle time
What the test checks
The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.
- Reading symptoms
- TCP and zone data
- Air and sensor checks
- Cycle time
In this lab
- Teach pendant: jog, teach and run
- Safety: guards, enabling device, safe start
- A handshake between robot and PLC
Levels in the Robotics lab
Part of the Robotics lab
Teach a robot arm a pick and place job and prove its handshake with the PLC.
Feeds these internships: PLC Programming, Commissioning and Maintenance.