Undergraduate Mechatronics Laboratory

该项目的目标是创建一个支持两门本科课程的机电一体化实验室。这些课程是(1)机械电子学导论，这是机械工程师的本科必修课，最终每年招生约400人；(2)高级机电电子学，工程师选修课，预计每年招生80人。虽然这两门课程的大多数学生都是机械工程师，但预计将有大约100名学生成为对微型计算机控制的机电系统感兴趣的电气工程师。所有的实验都安排在每节每周3小时。机械工程课程对机电一体化的新要求是对以前的电力转换和电机实验室的更现代版本。新的机电一体化实验室位于机械工程学院。该设备包括用于进行测量、对嵌入式微型计算机进行编程、控制实验和显示结果的仪器；用于为智能机器构建嵌入式控制设备的微型计算机套件；用于提供运动的致动器套件；用于在智能机器中进行测量的传感器套件；以及两个机电系统示例，例如机器人。正在举办工程教育中的机电一体化讲习班，以促进采用类似的机电一体化课程作为机械工程课程的一部分。*

The objective of this project is to create a Mechatronics Laboratory that supports two undergraduate courses. The courses are (1) an Introduction to Mechatronics, a required undergraduate course for mechanical engineers with an ultimate enrollment of approximately 400 students per year, and (2) Advanced Mechatronics, an elective course for engineers with an expected enrollment of 80 students per year. Although most students in both courses are mechanical engineers, approximately 100 students are expected to be electrical engineers who have an interest in microcomputer-controlled electrical-mechanical systems. All laboratory experiences are scheduled for 3 hours per week per section. The new requirement for mechatronics in the mechanical engineering curriculum is a more modern version of the previous electric power conversion and motors laboratory. The new Mechatronics Laboratory is located in the School of Mechanical Engineering. The equipment consists of instrumentation to make measurement, program embedded microcomputers, control experiments, and display result; microcomputer kits for building embedded control devices for smart machines; actuator kits to provide motion; sensor kits to make measurements in smart machines; and a two-example mechatronic systems, e.g. robots. A Mechatronics in Engineering Education workshop is being held to promote the adoption of similar mechatronics courses as part of the mechanical engineering curriculum. *