Intelligent Machine Design Laboratory

What it is about

You develop and build in a team an autonomous, wheel-based robot that should fulfill tasks to assist emergency responders in mass casualty incidents. In the end you will be able to design, integrate, test and demonstrate a mechatronic system in a field competition.

What you will be able to do

• Develop, build and test mechatronic systems autonomously
• Predict and adjust characteristics and interactions of mechanical, electronic and software components
• Development and commissioning of an autonomous, wheel-based mobile platform
• Practical skills in development, production and integration of mechatronic systems
• Further develop teamwork and problem solving in interdisciplinary projects

What the module consists of

• Project workCentral element: design and construction of the robot in a team; basis for assessment
• Tutorials and lecturesConveying the necessary theory and methods
• Laboratory sessionsPractical implementation: mechanics, actuators, sensors, programming and testing

Teaching method

• Team projectPromotes independent application of learned material to a real, interdisciplinary system
• Tutorials and lecturesDirect transfer of theoretical fundamentals
• Project tasks and milestonesAssessment of the ability to apply methods practically and to document progress