Mechatronics: Education, Research & Development

Prepared by: Dr. rer. nat. Ashraf Aboshosha

EAEA, NCRRT, Engineering Dept. www.icgst.com aboshosha@icgst.com Tel.: 0020-12-1804952 Fax.: 0020-2-4115475
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Education

Research

Development

Education
 Bsc., Msc. and PhD regulations (Catalog)  Preparation of curricula guidelines (Printed and Online materials)  Academic advertising for mechatronics  Preparing list of lab equipments  Educational/public training courses (courses and partners)  Comparative survey on local/international mechatronics institutes  Contact with mechatronics pioneers to share ideas and strategies  Inviting our strategic partners to explore the future

Research


 

  

Preparing our short/long term research plan (topics, fund, priorities) Contacting mechatronics leading firms to join our strategic partnership Academic promotion for our research products Scheduling our academic activities (conferences, training, visiting Prof. etc.) Preparing our academic exchange program Preparing our academic press (small scall) Contacting our strategic partners to plan the future work

Development
  

A survey on the local and international job market of mechatronics A survey on the increasing demand in automation and exploring the available chances of this field Preparing a study on mechatronics standards in industry and automation Linking education, research and development

What is the Mechatronics?

Mechatronics basically refers to mechanical electrical systems and is centred on mechanics, electronics, computing and control which, combined, make possible the generation of simpler, more economical, reliable and versatile systems.

The term "mechatronics" was first assigned by Mr. Tetsuro Mori, a senior engineer of the Japanese company Yaskawa, in 1969.

What is the Mechatronics?

Uni North Carolina

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Mechatronics Curricula
             

Introduction to engineering (eng. math, physics, chemistry, mechanical systems, eng. drawing, etc.), Engineering software; C, Java, Matlab, Labview, VEE, Linux etc. Fundamental of mechanical system design and analysis Electronic devices, circuits and systems Digital systems, computer architecture and computer interface Applied control theory (I, II and III) Robotics (sensors, actuators, control, vision, AI, etc.) Instrumentation and measurements Signal & image processing CAD/CAM, NC and CNC Embedded systems, sensors, actuators and software Fine mechanical parts, MEMS and nanotechnology Integrated mechanical/electrical systems Language (English)

Mechatronics Labs (6G*N)

Computer software lab Aero-, thermo- and fluid dynamics Embedded systems lab CAD/CAM lab Digital electronics lab Robotics Robocup team lab Electronics lab Advanced electricity lab Lab of mechanical systems Lab for fundamental chemistry Lab for basics of physics Eng. drawing hall Electrical/mechanical workshops Language lab
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 Embedded

Systems

A combination of hardware and software which together form a component of a Mechatronics systems. An embedded system is designed to run on its own without human intervention, and may be required to respond to events in real time.

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Embedded Systems in Automotive Applications

Entertainment Generation II ABS Heads-up monitoring Night vision Back-up collision sensor Navigation Tire pressure sensing Holonomic non-holonomic motion Adaptive control Satellite services radio/GPS Tele-operation Software control Rain-sensing Auto parking Simulators Testing

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Hardware, Software, and Firmware

Hardware is the name given to the physical devices and circuitry of the computer. Software refers to the programs written for the computer. Firmware is the term given to programs stored in ROMs or in Programmable devices which permanently keep their stored information.

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Robotics Curricula
Introduction to Robotics: History, Asimovs laws, Different types of robot platforms (humanoid, Car-like, holonomic & non-holonomic, miniature, manipulators, animators, indoor, outdoor, space robots, medical robots, under water robots, locomotion, areal robots, educational robots, legged robots, mobile robots, robot simulators etc.) Path Planning: objectives and methos (Voronoi, Bug, potential field, visibility, reactive, road map). Environment modeling: the general meaning and the applied techniques (occupancy grid, topological graphs, integrated, 3D modelling). Distributed sensors: IR, laser, sonar, E-nose, vision, artificial skin, artificial ear etc. Robot kinematics and inverse kinematics Sensors Integration: advantages, weaknesses and methods (Bayes network, Kalman filter, fuzzy logic, particle filter). Robot actuators: Hydraulic, pneumatic and electric drives (DC, Ac, servo, and stepper motors) Self localization: Introduction and techniques (SLAM, Markov, Bayes network, expectation maximizing, maximum likelihood).
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Robot Platforms (1)

Indoor Robots

DLR Gripper

NASA Mars Rover

Asimo Humanoid

Outdoor Robots

Robot Base Station

KUKA Manipulator
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Robot Platforms (2)

Aibo 4 legged Robot

Qurio Humanoid

Robocup Team

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Robot Platforms (3)

Robot educational kits

Robot sensors

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Stepper, AC and DC Motors

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PLC and Microcontrollers

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PC-based Measurement and Control

Pc Board

CAN BUS

Serial/paralell GPIB

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Engineering Software

Matlab

Labview

HP-VEE

IDL

Linux

Qt

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End

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