Robotics
6 courses · El Camino College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026 · Winter 2027 · Spring 2027
ROBO 110 Introduction to Robotics
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 2 hours lecture/3 hours lab
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This introductory course provides students with a general overview of the robotics industry, types of robot configurations and their corresponding components, design cycle, and building process. Students will explore the various subsystems that make up the different types of robots. The curriculum will guide students in the engineering design process through the development of a VEX-based robot, as well as its programming and troubleshooting. This course will serve as the first installment of six courses that will comprise the robotics pathway.
ROBO 120 Underwater Robotics
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 4 hours lecture
- Advisory
- Eligibility for English 1A/English C1000
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This introductory course provides students with a general overview of the underwater robotics industry and its science, design and fabrication. Students will explore the types of underwater vehicles, how they are designed, how robots function in a water environment, and the types of structures and materials used for underwater robotics. Students will also comprehend the pressure hulls and canisters necessary in underwater robots, as well as comprehend buoyancy, stability and ballast, and how it impacts maneuverability in an ocean environment. The curriculum will guide students in understanding the power systems used in underwater robotics, as well as selection criteria involving navigation, control, hydraulics, payloads and operations of underwater robots.
ROBO 130 Fundamentals of Robotics
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This introductory course provides students with a general overview of basic robot configurations, robot controllers and servo systems, robotic motion analysis, programming, and general applications across industries and sectors. Students will explore advanced applications and concepts that will enable them to grasp all facets of the robotics industry and where they would likely want to focus their career pursuits. The curriculum will guide students in developing an understanding of the various settings that robots have been deployed and help students to identify which type of robot would be utilized, as well as understand how they function from the beginning of a work cycle to the end.
ROBO 150 Intermediate Robotics
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture/3 hours lab
- Prerequisite
- Robotics 110 with a minimum grade of C
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This intermediate course covers robotics and automation applications, with an emphasis on imbedded electronics, microcontroller programming, motors, and drive trains. Additional topics include electronics theory, electro-mechanical fabrication, sensors, manufacturing materials and processes, and career fields in which robotic applications are used. Students will construct, program and test a vehicular or process robot.
ROBO 170 Advanced Robotics I
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 1 hour lecture, 6 hours lab
- Prerequisite
- Robotics 150 with a minimum grade of C
- Transfers to
- CSU
This advanced course explores mobile robot applications with an emphasis on locomotion, mobile robot kinematics, perception, mobile robot localization, planning and navigation, and the design of rovers and its operations.
ROBO 190 Advanced Robotics II
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 2 hours lecture/3 hours lab
- Prerequisite
- Robotics 170 with a minimum grade of C
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This advanced course explores bipedal humanoid robotic applications, with an emphasis on humanoid robot kinematics, Zero Moment Point (ZMP) and dynamics, biped walking, generation of whole-body motion patterns, and dynamic simulation. This course will serve as the final installment of the robotics pathway.