Mechatronics Class at College of Lake County

Joshua Nicke of Antioch (middle) and Pat Lincoln of Winthrop Harbor (right) teach the Baxter Robot how to pick up objects during a mechatronics class on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Joshua Nicke of Antioch (middle) and Pat Lincoln of Winthrop Harbor (right) teach the Baxter Robot how to pick up objects during a mechatronics class on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Joshua Nicke of Antioch (left) and Pat Lincoln of Winthrop Harbor (right) teach the Baxter Robot how to pick up objects during a mechatronics class on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Mechatronics teacher Margie Porter, explains the different robots that students use as well as the whole operation during her class on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Kevin Rausch of Buffalo Grove (left) and Mario Carmona of Waukegan (red) rewire a conveyor belt mechanism during a mechatronics class on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Kevin Rausch of Buffalo Grove (left) and Mario Carmona of Waukegan (red) rewire a conveyor belt mechanism during a mechatronics class on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Mechatronics class co-teacher Gary Morgan (left) helps students Kevin Rausch of Buffalo Grove (middle) and Mario Carmona of Waukegan (red) as they rewire a conveyor belt mechanism on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Mechatronics class co-teacher Gary Morgan (left) helps students Kevin Rausch of Buffalo Grove (middle) and Mario Carmona of Waukegan (red) as they rewire a conveyor belt mechanism on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Students work with in different areas learning how to program and teach robots as well as wire and trouble shoot with multiple mechanisms during a mechatronics class with two co-teachers on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Students work with in different areas learning how to program and teach robots as well as wire and trouble shoot with multiple mechanisms during a mechatronics class with two co-teachers on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Students work with in different areas learning how to program and teach robots as well as wire and trouble shoot with multiple mechanisms during a mechatronics class with two co-teachers on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Phillip Caronti of Lindenhurst (red), Jeff Kuhl of Winthrop Harbor (middle) and Mo Airzmeandi of Kenosha (right) learn how to program a Fanuc Robot, during a mechatronics class on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Mo Airzmeandi of Kenosha (left) and Phillip Caronti of Lindenhurst (red) learn how to program a Fanuc Robot (yellow), during a mechatronics class on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Mo Airzmeandi of Kenosha (left), Phillip Caronti of Lindenhurst (red), and Jeff Kuhl of Winthrop Harbor (right), learn how to program a Fanuc Robot, during a mechatronics class on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Jeff Kuhl of Winthrop Harbor (left), Mo Airzmeandi of Kenosha (middle) and Phillip Caronti of Lindenhurst (right) learn how to program a Fanuc Robot, during a mechatronics class on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Jeff Kuhl of Winthrop Harbor (left), Mo Airzmeandi of Kenosha (middle) and Phillip Caronti of Lindenhurst (right) learn how to program a Fanuc Robot, during a mechatronics class on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Phillip Caronti of Lindenhurst (red), Jeff Kuhl of Winthrop Harbor (middle) and Mo Airzmeandi of Kenosha (right) learn how to program a Fanuc Robot, during a mechatronics class on Monday, November 15, 2016 at College of Lake County in Grayslake.  (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)