2020 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Systems and Control Engineering
Creative System Design
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Systems and Control Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hideyuki Tsukagoshi / Kenji Amaya / Jun-Ichi Imura / Masatoshi Okutomi / Daisuke Kurabayashi / Hidenori Kosaka / Mitsuji Sampei / Motomu Nakashima / Hiroyuki Hachiya / Masayuki Fujita / Tomohisa Hayakawa / Masayuki Tanaka / Hiroya Nakao / Seiichiro Hara / Masaki Yamakita / Yusuke Miyazaki / Shinji Ohyama / Yuki Onishi / Takayuki Ishizaki / Akihiko Torii / Takahiro Tsuchida / Susumu Sato / Takashi Nakano / Tatsuya Ibuki / Shinnosuke Hirata / Junya Yamauchi / Tsuyoshi Nagasawa
- Class Format
- Exercise/Experiment (Zoom)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-8 Mon (S011)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- SCE.P201
- Number of credits
- 011
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses the fundamentals on the design processes of systems. Students design and make the remote controlled machine which will be used to solve the given subject. The subject is given in the first class, and the presentations on the concept of the machine are made by students in the 4th class. The contest of the machines made by students is held as the final presentation in the last class.
In order to create the useful systems, we need to optimize the functions of the system under the limitations on safety, efficiency, cost, and productivity. This laboratory course, in which students make the machines under the given rule with limited materials, enables students to understand and acquire the fundamentals of design processes of systems widely applicable to create the actual systems.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Explain the basic processes of design.
2) Make the simple remote controlled machine.
3) Make the presentation on their design.
4) Explain the fundamental properties of electronic motors and pneumatic actuators.
Keywords
design of system, remote controlled machine, machining tool, contest, actuator
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The subject is given in the 1st class. The technical training of machining tools, presentation of the concepts of the machines, and classes for designing and making the machine are conducted after the 2nd class. Finally the contest will be held as a final presentation.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Explanation on the subject (rule of the game, materials) and concept design | Brainstorming, concept design of machine |
| Class 2 | Consideration of machine concept | Determine basic concept of machine |
| Class 3 | Technical training of machining tools | Training on the operations and safety of machining tools |
| Class 4 | Presentation on the concept of machine | Presentation on the concept of machine |
| Class 5 | Designing of wheels | Designing and making machine |
| Class 6 | Making of wheels | Preparation of drawing the draft of wheels |
| Class 7 | Designing of chassis parts | Drawing the draft of wheels |
| Class 8 | Making of chassis parts | Preparation of drawing the draft of chassis parts |
| Class 9 | Designing of arm parts | Drawing the draft of chassis parts |
| Class 10 | Designing of arm parts | Preparation of drawing the draft of arm parts |
| Class 11 | System integration | Drawing the draft of arm parts |
| Class 12 | Performance evaluation | Discussion on the performance of the machine |
| Class 13 | Consideration of improvement | Discussion on improvement of the machine |
| Class 14 | Competition | Evaluation of the performance of the developed machine thruough the competiotion |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend a certain length of time outside of class on preparation and review (including for assignments), as specified by the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Undergraduate Learning (東京工業大学学修規程) and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Graduate Learning (東京工業大学大学院学修規程), for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Materials will be provided if they are required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Materials will be provided if they are required.
Evaluation methods and criteria
The performance of the machines made by students, presentations on their machines, and the results of the contest will be used for the assessment of students’ knowledge on fundamentals of the design processes, and their creativeness.
Related courses
- SCE.S201 ： Essentials for Design of Mechatronic Systems
- LAS.P101 ： Fundamentals of Mechanics 1
- LAS.P102 ： Fundamentals of Mechanics 2
- SCE.P301 ： Creative System Project
Prerequisites
No conditions.