Robotics Technicians
Build, install, test, or maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems.
Also known as: Assembly Technician, Automation Control Integrator, Automation Control Technician, Automation Controls Expert, Automation Controls Specialist, Automation Engineering Technician, Automation Technician, Automation Technologist, ...
Annual Salary
Median annual wage (May 2024)
Job Outlook
Projected growth, 2024–2034 (Slower than average)
What You'd Do
- Train customers or other personnel to install, use, or maintain robots.
- Maintain service records of robotic equipment or automated production systems.
- Document robotics test procedures and results.
- Modify computer-controlled robot movements.
- Attach wires between controllers.
- Assist engineers in the design, configuration, or application of robotic systems.
- Align, fit, or assemble components, using hand tools, power tools, fixtures, templates, or microscopes.
- Troubleshoot robotic systems, using knowledge of microprocessors, programmable controllers, electronics, circuit analysis, mechanics, sensor or feedback systems, hydraulics, or pneumatics.
- Test performance of robotic assemblies, using instruments such as oscilloscopes, electronic voltmeters, or bridges.
- Perform preventive or corrective maintenance on robotic systems or components.
- Install, program, or repair programmable controllers, robot controllers, end-of-arm tools, or conveyors.
- Install new robotic systems in stationary positions or on tracks.
- Build or assemble robotic devices or systems.
- Evaluate the efficiency and reliability of industrial robotic systems, reprogramming or calibrating to achieve maximum quantity and quality.
- Make repairs to robots or peripheral equipment, such as replacement of defective circuit boards, sensors, controllers, encoders, or servomotors.
- Program complex robotic systems, such as vision systems.
- Fabricate housings, jigs, fittings, or fixtures, using metalworking machines.
- Develop three-dimensional simulations of automation systems.
- Inspect installation sites.
- Develop robotic path motions to maximize efficiency, safety, and quality.
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Salary data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024. Outlook data: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–2034.
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