ENMT301-17W (C) Whole Year 2017

Mechatronics System Design

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2017
End Date: Sunday, 19 November 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 10 September 2017

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, and
 - System design tools,
 - Reliability and risk analysis.


Semester 2 mainly covers:
 - Sensors and signal processing,
 - Image processing and machine vision,
 - Power management and locomotion

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.

Learning Outcomes

1. Apply mechatronics design principles to a multidisciplinary engineering project.
2. Apply modern mechatronic engineering design and analysis tools/methods
 System modelling
 Simulation
 Signal/image processing
 Reliability/Risk analysis
3. Produce an integrated engineering solution to a broad problem that is not fully defined and is open-ended.
4. Effectively communicate design ideas and project work through engineering drawings, engineering design reports, and project presentations.
5. Demonstrate organisational, project management, research, and interpersonal (team) skills.

Prerequisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Chris Pretty

Lecturers

Keith Alexander and Michael Hayes

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Report Robocup 8%
Functionality Assessment Robocup 3%
Progress Report 2 Robocup 8%
Final Competition 8%
Oral Presentation Robocup 8%
s2 Material Test 15%
Mechanical Design Assignment 1 06 Mar 2017 6%
Mechanical Design Assignment 2 03 Apr 2017 12%
Writing Assignment 10 Apr 2017 6%
Progress Report Robocup 15 May 2017 8%
Mechatronics safety/reliability Assignment 25 May 2017 6%
Mechanical Design Assignment 3 29 May 2017 12%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,837.00

International fee $10,000.00

* 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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