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Mechatronics

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Course Unit Code354-0605/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
BOB0001prof. Ing. Zdenko Bobovský, PhD.
Summary
Mechatronics is a combination of knowledge of mechanical engineering, methods of control and artificial intelligence and technical means of control, ie electronics and modern drives. The mechatronic approach has been frequently discussed in recent years and consists essentially of simultaneously creating a mechanical, propulsion, and control subsystem and optimizing its components in conjunction with all subsystems so that the resulting utility properties are as high as possible at the lowest cost of development and production.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The graduates will learn what the mechatronic system is. They are familiar with the procedures for designing and optimizing systems. They will gain knowledge about application of mechatronic procedures in robotic systems design.
Course Contents
Lectures:
1. Introduction to mechatronics, analysis of requirements for a mechatronic product.
2. Modeling of dynamic systems and their representation.
3. Basic division of dynamic systems, proportional dynamic system of the 2nd order.
4. Feedback management and its characteristics.
5. Stability of the dynamic system.
6. PID controller. Design of the controller using the pole placement method.
7. Behavior of the control circuit in steady state.
8. Case study (inverted pendulum, ABS).

Seminars:
1. Modeling of the mechatronic system in the principle design phase.
2. External description of dynamic systems (Laplace transform, transition, impulse characteristic, block diagram).
3. Determination of the type of dynamic system, proportional dynamic system of the 2nd order.
4. Modeling of a DC motor and its control using a P-regulator.
5. Stability of a dynamic system, design of a P-regulator using the Hurwitz stability criterion.
6. Design of a PID controller. Design of the controller using the pole placement method.
7. Behavior of the control circuit in steady state.
8. Case study – building a simulation model (inverted pendulum, ABS).
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
[1] Mechatronic systems: modelling and simulation with HDLs. Hoboken: Wiley, 2005. ISBN 0-470-86790-6.
[2] BISHOP, Robert H., ed.Mechatronics: an introduction. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN 0-8493-6358-6.
[1] MAIXNER, Ladislav.Mechatronika: učebnice. Brno: Computer Press, 2006. Učebnice (Computer Press). ISBN 80-251-1299-3.
[2] Mechatronic systems: modelling and simulation with HDLs. Hoboken: Wiley, 2005. ISBN 0-470-86790-6.
[3] BISHOP, Robert H., ed.Mechatronics: an introduction. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN 0-8493-6358-6.
Recommended Reading:
[1] BISHOP, Robert H., ed.Mechatronic system control, logic, and data acquisition. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, c2008. Electrical engineering handbook series. ISBN 978-0-8493-9260-3.
[2] BISHOP, Robert H., ed.Mechatronic system, sensors, and actuators: fundamentals and modeling. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, c2008. Electrical engineering handbook series. ISBN 978-0-8493-9258-0.
[3] IOANNOU, Petros A. a Andreas PITSILLIDES, ed.Modeling and control of complex systems. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, c2008. Automation and control engineering, 26. ISBN 978-0-8493-7985-7.
[1] BISHOP, Robert H., ed.Mechatronic system control, logic, and data acquisition. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, c2008. Electrical engineering handbook series. ISBN 978-0-8493-9260-3.
[2] BISHOP, Robert H., ed.Mechatronic system, sensors, and actuators: fundamentals and modeling. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, c2008. Electrical engineering handbook series. ISBN 978-0-8493-9258-0.
[3] IOANNOU, Petros A. a Andreas PITSILLIDES, ed.Modeling and control of complex systems. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, c2008. Automation and control engineering, 26. ISBN 978-0-8493-7985-7.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 15
        ExaminationExamination65 36