Title :
Design and development of a Cartesian plotter as a way to teach Mechatronics to Mechanical Engineering students
Author :
Camposaragna, M. ; Chatterton, S. ; Righettini, P. ; Riva, R. ; Strada, R. ; Zappa, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Politecnico di Milano, Milan
Abstract :
The need for interdisciplinary skills in mechanics, electronics, control theory and computer science was recognized as becoming more and more important for mechanical designers. At this aim, it is since the academic year 2002/2003 that a course on Mechatronic Systems is delivered at Bergamo University as an option in the BS curriculum for mechanical engineering students. The course is mainly based on project oriented learning activities; actually a practical project is developed each year. This paper mainly deals with the description of the mechatronics education activity at Bergamo University, with reference to the 2005/2006 academic year course project: a Cartesian plotter driven by stepper motors
Keywords :
educational courses; educational technology; mechanical engineering; mechatronics; teaching; Bergamo University; Cartesian plotter; Mechatronic Systems course; mechanical engineering students; mechatronics teaching; project oriented learning activities; Computer science; Control engineering education; Control systems; Control theory; Electrical capacitance tomography; Electromechanical systems; Mechanical engineering; Mechanical systems; Mechatronics; Process design;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Industrial Electronics, IECON 2006 - 32nd Annual Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0390-1
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2006.348078