2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronics Design Project
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Teaching Staffs
- Class Format
- Experiment (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - unknown
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MEC.Q324
- Number of credits
- 004
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 7, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
1. Learn the total process of a mechatronics design to achieve a desired mechanical operation, in which mechanisms, sensors, actuators, controllers, etc, are highly integrated.
2. Learn the usage of mechanical elements, electric circuits, sensor devices, programming techniques, software for control system design, etc.
3. Learn the process of establishing a mechatronic system and developing it in a group.
Course description and aims
1. Become able to integrate microcontrollers, sensors, and mechanisms and build a feedback system to achieve the desired operation by a device.
2. Become able to arrange various opinions in group work to achieve one goal.
3. Become able to give a presentation to introduce the characteristics and motions of the developed device.
Keywords
Robotics, Mechatronics, Kinematics, Control, Design, Project planning, Presentation
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
3Q: Leran about basic techniques of mechatronics such as microcontrollers, actuators, sensors, etc.
4Q: Set up goals in each group and develop an actual device.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to Arduino. | Submit report by the end of the day. |
| Class 2 | Serial Communication and Motor Driver. | Submit report by the end of the day. |
| Class 3 | Feedback control of a motor using potentiometer. | Submit report by the end of the day. |
| Class 4 | Multiple motor control with PC via serial communicaion. | Submit report by the end of the day. |
| Class 5 | Control of parallel link mechanisms (Theory). | Submit report by the end of the day. |
| Class 6 | Control of parallel link mechanisms (Practical). | Submit report by the end of the day. |
| Class 7 | How to use an encoder. | Submit report by the end of the day. |
| Class 8 | Feedback control of a motor using an encoder. (PD Controller 1) | Submit report by the end of the day. |
| Class 9 | Feedback control of a motor using an encoder. (PD Controller 2) | Submit report by the end of the day. |
| Class 10 | How to use sensors (I2C communication and data processing using a gyro sensor). | Submit report by the end of the day. |
| Class 11 | Application using a gyro sensor (Inverted pendulum). | Submit report by the end of the day. |
| Class 12 | Preparation for presentation of the concepts and ideas. | |
| Class 13 | Presentation of the concepts and ideas. | Submit the presentation materials by the end of the day. |
| Class 14 | Manufacturing Practice 1 | Record the progress and upload. |
| Class 15 | Manufacturing Practice 2 | Record the progress and upload. |
| Class 16 | Manufacturing Practice 3 | Record the progress and upload. |
| Class 17 | Manufacturing Practice 4 | Record the progress and upload. |
| Class 18 | Manufacturing Practice 5 | Record the progress and upload. |
| Class 19 | Manufacturing Practice 6 | Record the progress and upload. |
| Class 20 | Manufacturing Practice 7 | Record the progress and upload. |
| Class 21 | Manufacturing Practice 8 | Record the progress and upload. |
| Class 22 | Manufacturing Practice 9 | Record the progress and upload. |
| Class 23 | Exhibition day. | |
| Class 24 | Make a review report and cleanup of the developed device. | Submit the final report. |
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 (東京科学大学学修規程) and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Graduate Learning (東京科学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)
Not specified.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Instruction manuals are provided.
Evaluation methods and criteria
To evaluate performance by checking reports of every lectures, evaluation of the developed device, and contribution to the group work.
Group work - approximately 30%.Report - approximately70%.
Related courses
- XEG.B101 ： Engineering Literacy I
- XEG.B102 ： Engineering Literacy II
- XEG.B103 ： Engineering Literacy III
- XEG.B104 ： Engineering Literacy IV
- MEC.Q201 ： Introduction to Mechanical Systems
- MEC.A202 ： Mechanical engineering literacy
- MEC.Q310 ： Machine Tool Training
- MEC.H202 ： Machine elements
- MEC.I211 ： Robot Kinematics
- MEC.I333 ： Robot Dynamics and Control
Prerequisites
The students enrolled in this class must belong to mechanical engineering departments and have credits for “MEC.Q201: Introduction to Mechanical Systems” or “MEC.A202: Mechanical engineering literacy”.
Other
Highly recommend to use your own soldering tools (Soldering iron / Soldering suction device / Soldering iron stand / Tester).