ENMT301-14W (C) Whole Year 2014

Mechatronics System Design

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 24 February 2014
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 September 2014

Description

Design process, mechatronic system modelling, design methodology and tools, creative design, machine elements, mechanical power transmission, sensors, actuators, computer vision, intelligent control.

Compulsory to 2nd Pro Mechatronics students, this whole-year course is intended to teach Mechatronics students how to perform integrated design of a mechatronic system, as well to provide familiarity with some of the key tools and techniques of mechatronics engineering. Emphasis is placed on the mechatronics design process, and the use of introductory material on computer vision and machine intelligence, both of which are considered an important part of mechatronic systems but are not covered in other 1st Pro or 2nd Pro courses. A key aspect of this course is the year-long team design project, which involves designing and implementing a complex mechatronic system, participating in the Canterbury Robocup:Search and Rescue Robot Competitions.

Semester 1 mainly covers:
• Mechanical design
• Mechatronic system design fundamentals
• System design tools

Semester 2 mainly covers:
• Sensors and actuators
• Computer vision
• Machine intelligence

The whole-year project will have staged milestones set for assessment to make sure students keep on track in progress. Its main assessment will be in Semester 2.

Prerequisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Chris Pretty

Lecturers

Keith Alexander , Yusuke Hioka , Masako Kishida and Andrew Bainbridge-Smith

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Oral Presentation 2% Concept design presentation, held over 13th & 14th March
Beam test 6% Perspex beam test, held over 15th & 16th May
Semester 2 project work 34% Progress report, functionality assessment, final report & competition.
Semester 2 Material test 15% Date to be confirmed
Assignment 1 10 Mar 2014 4% Concept design assignment
Assignment 2 07 Apr 2014 6% Perspex beam assignment
Material test 26 May 2014 15%
Assignment 3 03 Jun 2014 12% Bearing housing assignment
Semester 1 project work 06 Jun 2015 6% Project work progress report

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,681.00

International fee $9,275.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Mechanical Engineering .

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