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Robotics lab · Level 3 of 8

Teach and run

Level 3 of 8 in the Robotics lab: a free robot programming exercise at Foundation level, which takes about 30 minutes. Teach home, pick and place points by jogging, build a waypoint table, run it step by step in T1, then in AUTO.

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Free · no download · about 30 minutes. Your work is saved on this device. Updated 18 Oct 2026.

3D view of the Teach and run level in the Robotics lab
Teach and run

The brief

Client
Marlowe Electronics
Site
Board handling cell
Work order
WO-RB-103
Task code
ROB-03
Difficulty
Foundation
Type of work
Teaching

Teach home, pick and place points by jogging, build a waypoint table, run it step by step in T1, then in AUTO.

Skills you practise

  • Teaching points
  • Waypoint table
  • Step-by-step test
  • First AUTO run

What the test checks

The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.

  • Teaching points
  • Waypoint table
  • Step-by-step test
  • First AUTO run

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

Previous: JogNext: Pick and place

  1. Safe start
  2. Jog
  3. Teach and run
  4. Pick and place
  5. Palletising
  6. Machine tending
  7. Safety validation
  8. Fault finding

Part of the Robotics lab

Teach a robot arm a pick and place job and prove its handshake with the PLC.

About the Robotics lab

Feeds these internships: PLC Programming, Commissioning and Maintenance.