ENMT301-15W (C) Whole Year 2015

Mechatronics System Design

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2015
End Date: Sunday, 15 November 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 6 September 2015

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 and Paul Gaynor

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Assignment 1 09 Mar 2015 6% Concept design assignment
Assignment 2 30 Mar 2015 12% Perspex beam assignment
Semester 1 project work 22 May 2015 9% Robocup progress report 1
Assignment 3 02 Jun 2015 12% Bearing housing assignment
Robocup functionality assessment 07 Aug 2015 4%
Semester 2 project work 21 Aug 2015 9% Robocup progress report 2
Semester 2 material test 18 Sep 2015 20%
Robocup oral presentation 25 Sep 2015 10%
Robocup final competition 12 Oct 2015 8%
Robocup final report 20 Oct 2015 10%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,749.00

International fee $9,450.00

* 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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