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Prepared by: Dr. rer. nat. Ashraf Aboshosha

EAEA, NCRRT, Engineering Dept. www.icgst.com, www.icgst-amc.com

editor@icgst.comTel.: 0020-12-1804952Fax.: 0020-2-24115475

Mechatronics: Education, Research & Development

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Education Research

Development

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Education Bsc., Msc. and PhD regulations (Catalog)

Preparation of curricula guidelines (Printed and Online materials)

Academic advertising for mechatronics

Preparing list of lab equipments

Educational/public training courses (courses and partners)

Comparative survey on local/international mechatronics institutes

Contact with mechatronics pioneers to share ideas and strategies

Inviting our strategic partners to explore the future

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Research Preparing our short/long term research plan (topics,

fund, priorities) Contacting mechatronics leading firms to join our

strategic partnership Academic promotion for our research products Scheduling our academic activities (conferences,

training, visiting Prof. etc.) Preparing our academic exchange program Preparing our academic press (small scale) Contacting our strategic partners to plan the future work

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Development A survey on the local and international job market of mechatronics A survey on the increasing demand in automation and exploring the

available chances of this field Preparing a study on mechatronics standards in industry and

automation Linking education, research and development

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What is the Mechatronics?

Mechatronics basically refers to mechanical electrical systems and is centred on mechanics, electronics, computing and control which, combined, make possible the generation of simpler, more economical, reliable and versatile systems.

The term "mechatronics" was first assigned by Mr. Tetsuro Mori, a senior engineer of the Japanese company Yaskawa, in 1969.

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What is the Mechatronics?

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Mechatronics Curricula Introduction to engineering (eng. math, physics, chemistry,

mechanical systems, eng. drawing, etc.), Engineering software; C, Java, Matlab, Labview, VEE, Linux etc. Fundamental of mechanical system design and analysis Electronic devices, circuits and systems Digital systems, computer architecture and computer interface Applied control theory (I, II and III) Robotics (sensors, actuators, control, vision, AI, etc.) Instrumentation and measurements Signal & image processing CAD/CAM, NC and CNC Embedded systems, sensors, actuators and software Fine mechanical parts, MEMS and nanotechnology Integrated mechanical/electrical systems Language (English)

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Mechatronics Labs (6G*N) ۩ Computer software lab۩ Aero-, thermo- and fluid dynamics۩ Embedded systems lab۩ CAD/CAM lab۩ Digital electronics lab۩ Robotics۩ Robocup team lab۩ Electronics lab۩ Advanced electricity lab۩ Lab of mechanical systems۩ Lab for fundamental chemistry۩ Lab for basics of physics۩ Eng. drawing hall۩ Electrical/mechanical workshops۩ Language lab

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Embedded SystemsA combination of hardware and software which

together form a component of a Mechatronics systems. An embedded system is designed to run on its own without human intervention, and may be required to respond to events in real time.

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■ Adaptive control■Satellite services radio/GPS■ Tele-operation■ Software control■ Rain-sensing ■ Auto parking■ Simulators■ Testing

■ Entertainment■ Generation II ABS■ Heads-up monitoring■ Night vision■ Back-up collision sensor■ Navigation■ Tire pressure sensing■ Holonomic non-holonomic motion

Embedded Systems in Automotive Applications

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Hardware, Software, and Firmware

Hardware is the name given to the physical devices and circuitry of the computer.

Software refers to the programs written for the computer.

Firmware is the term given to programs stored in ROMs or in Programmable devices which permanently keep their stored information.

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Robotics CurriculaIntroduction to Robotics: History, Asimov’s laws, Different types of robot platforms (humanoid, Car-like, holonomic & non-holonomic, miniature, manipulators, animators, indoor, outdoor, space robots, medical robots, under water robots, locomotion, areal robots, educational robots, legged robots, mobile robots, robot simulators etc.)Path Planning: objectives and methods (Voronoi, Bug, potential field, visibility, reactive, road map). Environment modeling:  the general meaning and the applied techniques (occupancy grid, topological graphs, integrated, 3D modelling). Distributed sensors: IR, laser, sonar, E-nose, vision, artificial skin, artificial ear etc. Robot kinematics and inverse kinematicsSensors Integration: advantages, weaknesses and methods (Bayes network, Kalman filter, fuzzy logic, particle filter). Robot actuators: Hydraulic, pneumatic and electric drives (DC, Ac, servo, and stepper motors)Self localization: Introduction and techniques (SLAM, Markov, Bayes network, expectation maximizing, maximum likelihood).

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Robot Platforms (1)

Indoor Robots DLR Gripper NASA Mars Rover Asimo Humanoid

Outdoor Robots Robot Base Station KUKA Manipulator

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Robot Platforms (2)

Aibo 4 legged Robot

Robocup TeamQurio Humanoid

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Robot Platforms (3)

Robot educational kits

Robot sensors

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Stepper, AC and DC Motors

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PLC and Microcontrollers

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Pc Board

GPIBSerial/paralell

CAN BUS

PC-based Measurement and Control

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Engineering Software

IDLMatlab Labview HP-VEE

Linux Qt

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