Description

Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary field of engineering dealing with the design of systems that include the combination of mechanical engineering, electronics, control engineering, and computer science. Originally, mechatronics just included mechanics and electronics. However, as technical systems become more and more complex it has been updated to include more technical areas. Many examples of such systems include: home appliances, automotive engineering, robots, aerial vehicles, underwater vehicles, packing machines, etc. In this course we are particularly interested in this kind of systems. The first part of the course is an introduction to mechatronic systems. The second part deals with the context of these systems, where the related challenging control problems are highlighted. The third and main part deals with control of mechatronic systems. Their control schemes are ranging from classical, like PID control, to the most advanced controllers such as adaptive, predictive, and robust control. All the presented control approaches will be illustrated through simulation or real- time experiments of different case studies of mechatronic systems. Automatic Control of Mechatronic Systems: From theory to real-time applications - Attendees bring their own laptop installed Matlab.