Title: Describe the fundamentals of CNC.
Course: Technology of Robotic Design (21009-36) > Section: Programming Control Systems

Description should include

- defining G code and M code
- using coordinates
- explaining and demonstrating the use of computer-aided design (CAD) software and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software
- comparing CNC and robotics and defining their interrelationship
- explaining additive manufacturing (e.g., 3-D printing).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the difference between proprietary control and open-architecture control?
- What is machine zero?
- What are some of the advantages of conversational control over standard control?
- What are the benefits of having computers generate complicated numeric control (NC) code?
- What are some of the general trends within 3D printing, CAD, and CAM?
- How are 3D printers and CNC machines similar? How are they different?