- •What is Mechatronics?
- •1.4 The Development of the Automobile as a Mechatronic System
- •Vehicles. (Adapted from Modern Control Systems, 9th ed., r. C. Dorf and r. H. Bishop, Prentice-Hall, 2001. Used with permission.)
- •1.5 What is Mechatronics? And What’s Next?
- •Information technology (systems theory, automation, software engineering, artificial intelligence).
- •Figure 2.2 Mechanical process and information processing develop towards mechatronic systems
- •2.2 Functions of Mechatronic Systems
- •Improvement of Operating Properties
- •Table 2.2 Properties of Conventional and Mechatronic Design Systems
- •2.3 Ways of Integration
- •Figure 2.4 Ways of integration within mechatronic systems.
- •2.4 Information Processing Systems (Basic Architecture and hw/sw Trade-offs)
- •Figure 2.5 Advanced intelligent automatic system with multi-control levels, knowledge base, inference mechanisms, and interfaces.
- •2.5 Concurrent Design Procedure for Mechatronic Systems
- •• An Automotive Example
- •• Software Design
- •3.2 Input Signals of a Mechatronic System
- •3.3 Output Signals of a Mechatronic System
- •3.4 Signal Conditioning
- •3.5 Microprocessor Control
- •3.6 Microprocessor Numerical Control
- •3.7 Microprocessor Input–Output Control
- •Input and Output Transmission
- •3.8 Software Control
- •4.4 Microprocessors and Microcontrollers
- •4.5 Programmable Logic Controllers
- •5.2 Microactuators
- •5.3 Microsensors
- •5.4 Nanomachines
- •6.2 Nano-, Micro-, and Mini-Scale Electromechanical Systems and Mechatronic Curriculum
- •6.3 Mechatronics and Modern Engineering
- •Integrated multidisciplinary features approach quickly, as documented in Fig. 6.2. The mechatronic paradigm, which integrates electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering, takes place.
- •6.4 Design of Mechatronic Systems
- •6.5 Mechatronic System Components
- •6.7 Mechatronic Curriculum
- •Integrating electromagnetics, electromechanics, power electronics, iCs, and control;
- •6.8 Introductory Mechatronic Course
- •6.9 Books in Mechatronics
- •6.10 Mechatronic Curriculum Developments
- •Introduction to Mechatronics,
- •7.3 Rigid Body Models
6.7 Mechatronic Curriculum
The ultimate objective of the mechatronic curriculum is to educate a new generation of students and engineers, as well as to assist industry and government in the development of high-performance electro-mechanical systems augmenting conventional engineering curriculum with an ever-expanding electro-mechanics core. The emphasis should be focused on advancing the overall mission of the engineering curriculum, because through mechatronics it is possible to further define, refine, and expand the objec-tives into three fundamental areas, which are research, education, and service. Using the mechatronic paradigm, academia will perform world-class fundamental and applied research by
Integrating electromagnetics, electromechanics, power electronics, iCs, and control;
devising advanced design, analysis, and optimization simulation and analytic tools and capabilities through development of specialized computer-aided-design software;
developing actuation-sensing-control hardware;
devising advanced paradigms, concepts, and technologies;
supporting research, internship, and cooperative multidisciplinary education programs for under-graduate and graduate students;
supporting, sustaining, and assisting faculty in emerging new areas.
Mechatronic curriculum design includes development of goals and objectives, programs of study and curriculum guides, courses, laboratories, textbooks, instructional materials, manuals, experiments,
instructional sequences, material delivery techniques, visualization and demonstration approaches, and other supplemental materials to accomplish a wide range of educational and research goals. There is an increase in the number of students whose good programming skills and theoretical background match with complete inability to solve simple engineering problems. The fundamental goal of mechatronic courses is to demonstrate the application of theoretical, applied, and experimental results in analysis, design, and deployment of complex electromechanical systems (including NEMS and MEMS), to cover emerging hardware and software, to introduce and deliver the rigorous theory of electromechanics, to help students develop strong problem-solving skills, as well as to provide the needed engineering practice. The courses in mechatronics are intended to develop a thorough understanding of integrated perspectives in analysis, modeling, simulation, optimization, design, and implementation of complex electromechan-ical systems. By means of practical, worked-out examples, students will be prepared and trained to use the results in engineering practice, research, and developments. Advanced hardware and software of engineering importance (electromechanical motion devices, actuators, sensors, solid-state devices, power electronics, ICs, microprocessors, and DSPs) must be comprehensively covered in detail from multidis-ciplinary integrated perspectives.
At Purdue University Indianapolis, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the following undergraduate courses are required in the Electrical Engineering plan of study: Linear Circuit Analysis I and II, Signals and Systems, Semiconductor Devices, Electric and Magnetic Fields, Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing, and Feedback Systems Analysis and Design. The following elective undergraduate courses assist the mechatronic area: Electromechanical Motion Devices, Computer Architecture, Digital Signal Processing, and Multimedia Systems. In addition to this set of core Electrical and Computer Engineering courses, there is a critical need to teach the courses in mechatronics.
The mechatronic curriculum should emphasize and augment traditional engineering topics and the latest enabling technologies and developments to integrate and stimulate new advances in the analysis and design of advanced state-of-the-art mechatronic systems. For example, the following courses should be developed and offered: Mechatronic Systems, Smart Structures, Micromechatronics (Microelectromechanical Systems), and Nanomechatronics (Nanoelectromechanical Systems).
The major goal is to ensure a deep understanding of the engineering underpinnings, integrate engineering– science–technology, and develop the modern picture of electromechanical engineering by using the bedrock fundamentals of mechatronics. It is recognized by academia, industry, and government that the most urgent areas of modern mechatronics needing development are MEMS and NEMS. Therefore, current developments should be concentrated to perform fundamental, applied, and experimental research in these emerging fields.