Title: (Optional) Describe the fundamentals of computer numeric control (CNC).
Course: Technology of Robotic Design (21009-18) > Section: Exploring Microprocessor/Microcontroller (Computer) System Basics

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 the interrelationship.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How is a CNC machine tool different from a conventional machine tool? How is it similar?
- 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 the CAD/CAM industry?