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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering

MTRX1701: INTRODUCTION TO MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING Semester 1, 2019 | 6 Credit Points | Mode: Normal-Day Sessions Valid: Semester 1 Coordinator(s): David Rye WARNING: This unit version has not been officially published yet and is subject to change! 1. INTRODUCTION This unit of study aims to introduce students to the fundamental principles that underlie the study of mechatronic engineering. It lays the foundation for later studies, including advanced mechatronic engineering, computing, control and system design courses. The subject also provides students with the opportunity to develop an understanding of a range of machining and manufacturing processes required to make mechanical components. Introduction to Mechatronic Engineering (60%): (a) Introduction to mechatronics and to the structure of the BE in Mechatronic Engineering. (b) Systems Modelling and Control - Fundamental concepts which underlie the modelling and control of dynamic systems. (c) Design Process The process of design synthesis as an important part of engineering. (d) Actuators - Components that exert effort to accomplish a given task. (e) Sensors - Components that take measurements of the environment. (f) Computers - Hardware and software components that, when combined, allow a system to be controlled. (g) Advanced Topics - Case studies relating to the application of mechatronic engineering principles. Manufacturing Technology (40%): An overview of a range of processes related to the design and manufacture of aerospace components is provided through hands-on experience. Manufacturing Technology practical work is undertaken in: (a) Hand tools, Machining, and Soldering an introduction to basic manufacturing processes used to fabricate mechatronic engineering hardware. Safety requirements: All students are required to provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE) and comply with the workshop safety rules provided in class. Students who fail to do this will not be permitted to enter the workshops. In particular, approved industrial footwear must be worn, and long hair must be protected by a hair net. Safety glasses must be worn at all times. (b) Solid Modelling - the use of computer aided design (CAD) tools to model geometry and create engineering drawings of engineering components. (c) Microcontrollers - ubiquitous in modern engineered products - will be introduced through experiential learning with development kits.

2. LEARNING OUTCOMES Learning outcomes are the key abilities and knowledge that will be assessed in this unit. See assessment summary table below for details of which outcomes are assessed where. Outcomes are listed according to the course goals that they support. (6) Communication and Inquiry/ Research (Level 3) 1. Analyze and formulate requirements for a mechatronic system based on a specification 2. Undertake independent research and analysis and to think creatively about engineering problems. (8) Professional Effectiveness and Ethical Conduct (Level 1) 3. Have a basic knowledge of the norms of professional practice and of common workshop skills - hand tool use, machining, hand soldering, CAD and microcontroller applications.. (4) Design (Level 2) 4. Apply a systematic approach to the design process for mechatronic systems 5. Think creatively and independently about new design problems (2) Engineering/ IT Specialisation (Level 1) 6. Appreciate the fundamental components that make up typical mechatronic systems, including sensors, actuators, electronic and computing systems. 7. Understand the general principles involved in computer controlled machinery. (1) Maths/ Science Methods and Tools (Level 1) 8. Demonstrate a basic understanding of system modelling and approaches to control For further details of course goals related to these learning outcomes, see online unit outline at http://cusp.eng.usyd.edu.au/students/view-unitpage/alpha/MTRX1701 .

3. ASSESSMENT TASKS ASSESSMENT SUMMARY Assessment name Assignment 1* Assignment 2* Assignment 3* Assignment 4* In-Class Quizzes Workshop Technology

Team-based? No No No Yes No No

Weight 10% 12% 12% 16% 10% 40%

Due Week 4 Week 8 Week 11 Week 13 Multiple Weeks Multiple Weeks

Outcomes Assessed 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 6, 7 3

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MTRX1701: Introduction to Mechatronic Engineering (Semester 1, 2019)

* indicates an assessment task which must be repeated if a student misses it due to special consideration. Assignment 1: System block diagrams Assignment 2: Requirements capture and component selection Assignment 3: Sensor signal processing Assignment 4: Case study - an analysis and design exercise. In-Class Quizzes: Short quizzes in class. Manufacturing Technology: Practical sessions in hand tools, machining, soldering, CAD and microcontrollers. Unit of Study Policies Method of Submission of Assignments All assignments are to be submitted electronically via Canvas. Assignment Extensions and Deadlines No extension of the published due dates and times will be given unless exceptional circumstances apply. In such cases, formal application for Special Consideration should be made using the form available at http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/forms/ . Late Submission of Assignments Unless Special Consideration is granted, late submission of an assignment shall be penalised 5% of the maximum mark for the assignment for each day or part thereof that the assignment is late. Moderation of Group Work Marks Marks for group work may be moderated on the basis of individual effort and understanding in tutorials and laboratory sessions as perceived by the Lecturers, Tutors and Demonstrators, and to compensate for demonstrated statistical variation between markers. Must Pass Both Components To pass this unit of study it is necessary to obtain a mark of not less than 45% in BOTH the Introduction to Mechatronic Engineering and Manufacturing Technology components.

ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK Students can expect feedback for this Unit of Study through discussion during lectures and tutorial/laboratory sessions, through assignment assessment, and through responses to questions posted on the unit of study discussion board (Ed) or posed via email . Students can provide feedback to the Lecturer and Tutors by discussion during lectures or tutorial/laboratory sessions, and by posting comments and questions on the Ed discussion forum or by email.

ASSESSMENT GRADING Final grades in this unit are awarded at levels of HD for High Distinction, DI (previously D) for Distinction, CR for Credit, PS (previously P) for Pass and FA (previously F) for Fail as defined by University of Sydney Assessment Policy. Details of the Assessment Policy are available on the Policies website at http://sydney.edu.au/policies . Standards for grades in individual assessment tasks and the summative method for obtaining a final mark in the unit will be set out in a marking guide supplied by the unit coordinator.

4. STUDY COMMITMENT Lectures: The function of the lectures is principally to impart quickly an overview of the ideas, theory and engineering principles of the subject material, in context and with perspective and balance. Tutorials: Two-hour tutorials will be conducted weekly (weeks 2–13) to assist learning by providing a flexible and responsive learning environment where detailed questions can be discussed. Manufacturing Technology: Thirty hours of experiential workshop practice sessions are timetabled to teach the basics of some common manufacturing processes - hand tool use, machining and soldering - together with the basics of computer-aided design, and working with an Arduino microcontroller. Independent Study: Students are expected to commit to private study, including lab work, outside of the timetabled hours. It is expected that the appropriate reference books and web-based material will be read to supplement material presented during lectures.

MTRX1701: Introduction to Mechatronic Engineering (Semester 1, 2019)

Activity Lecture Tutorial Manufacturing Technology Independent Study

Hours per Week 1.00 2.00 3.00 5.00

Sessions per Week 1 1 1

Weeks per Semester 13 12 10

Standard unit of study workload at this university should be from 1.5 to 2 hours per credit point which means 9-12 hours for a normal 6 credit point unit of study. For units that are based on research or practical experience, hours may vary. For lecture and tutorial timetable, see University timetable site at: web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp

5. TEACHING STAFF AND CONTACT DETAILS COORDINATOR(S) Name A/Prof Rye, David

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Email [email protected]

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LECTURERS Name Dr Johnson, David

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Phone 90366394

Email [email protected]

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TUTORS Cindy Zhu, Jacob Mackay, James Forner, Weirong Ge

6. RESOURCES RECOMMENDED REFERENCES David G. Alciatore, Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems (4th). New York, McGraw-Hill, 2012. 9780071086042. William Bolton, Mechatronics: A Multidisciplinary Approach (4th). Harlow, Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2008. 9780132407632. Clarence W. de Silva, Mechatronics: An Integrated Approach . Boca Raton, CRC Press, 2005. 0849312744. Lawrence J. Kamm, Understanding Electro-Mechanical Engineering: An Introduction to Mechatronics. New York, IEEE Press, 1996. 0780310314.

COURSE WEBSITE(S) Canvas

NOTE ON RESOURCES Library Search for “mechatronic” in the Library catalogue: https://sydney.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search? query=any,contains,mechatronic&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=61USYD_INST:sydney฀=en&offset=0 Online Magazines ASME Mechanical Engineering https://www.asme.org/about-asme/mechanical-engineering-magazine Monthly “new products” section and many interesting articles relevant to mechatronics. EDN (Electronic Design News) http://www.edn.com Embedded Systems http://www.embedded.com/ IEEE Spectrum http://spectrum.ieee.org IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine http://ezproxy.library.usyd.edu.au/login?url=http://www.ieee.org/ieeexplore Overview magazine of the Robotics and Automation Society, with good tutorial sections. Machine Design http://www.machinedesign.com

Journals Mechatronics is a mature scholarly discipline. The University library subscribes electronically to some of the leading journals in mechatronics and robotics. Although most of this research material is not immediately relevant to first-year mechatronics, you may be interested to have a look at some of the journals at http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/databases/ Mechatronics: Formal refereed papers on mechatronics. This is the leading international journal in the field. IEEE Transactions on Robotics: Peer reviewed academic journal in the field of robotics, though it tends to emphasise mathematical and theoretical approaches. International Journal of Robotics Research: The leading peer reviewed academic journal in robotics with a focus on formal experiments as well as theory. Its articles are detailed and provide extensive explanation of concepts and demonstrations.

7. ENROLMENT REQUIREMENTS ASSUMED KNOWLEDGE None.

MTRX1701: Introduction to Mechatronic Engineering (Semester 1, 2019)

PREREQUISITES None.

PROHIBITIONS MECH1560 OR ENGG1800 OR AERO1560 OR CIVL1900 OR CHNG1108 OR AMME1960 OR BMET1960 OR ENGG1960.

8. POLICIES ACADEMIC HONESTY While the University is aware that the vast majority of students and staff act ethically and honestly, it is opposed to and will not tolerate academic dishonesty or plagiarism and will treat all allegations of dishonesty seriously. All students are expected to be familiar and act in compliance with the relevant University policies, procedures and codes, which include: -

Academic Honesty in Coursework Policy 2015

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Academic Honesty Procedures 2016

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Code of Conduct for Students

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Research Code of Conduct 2013 (for honours and postgraduate dissertation units)

They can be accessed via the University''s Policy Register: http://sydney.edu.au/policies (enter "Academic Honesty" in the search field). Students should never use document-sharing sites and should be extremely wary of using online “tutor” services. Further information on academic honesty and the resources available to all students can be found on the Academic Integrity page of the University website: http://sydney.edu.au/elearning/student/EI/index.shtml Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Academic dishonesty involves seeking unfair academic advantage or helping another student to do so. You may be found to have engaged in academic dishonesty if you: -

Resubmit (or “recycle”) work that you have already submitted for assessment in the same unit or in a different unit or previous attempt;

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Use assignment answers hosted on the internet, including those uploaded to document sharing websites by other students.

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Have someone else complete part or all of an assignment for you, or do this for another student.

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Except for legitimate group work purposes, providing assignment questions and answers to other students directly or through social media platforms or document (“notes”) sharing websites, including essays and written reports.

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Engage in examination misconduct, including using cheat notes or unapproved electronic devices (e.g., smartphones), copying from other students, discussing an exam with another person while it is in progress, or removing confidential examination papers from the examination venue.

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Engage in dishonest plagiarism.

Plagiarism means presenting another person’s work as if it is your own without properly or adequately referencing the original source of the work. Plagiarism is using someone else’s ideas, words, formulas, methods, evidence, programming code, images, artworks, or musical creations without proper acknowledgement. If you use someone’s actual words you must use quotation marks as well as an appropriate reference. If you use someone’s ideas, formulas, methods, evidence, tables or images you must use a reference. You must not present someone’s artistic work, musical creation, programming code or any other form of intellectual property as your own. If referring to any of these, you must always present them as the work of their creator and reference in an appropriate way. Plagiarism is always unacceptable, regardless of whether it is done intentionally or not. It is considered dishonest if done knowingly, with intent to deceive or if a reasonable person can see that the assignment contains more work copied from other sources than the student’s original work. The University understands that not all plagiarism is dishonest and provides students with opportunities to improve their academic writing, including their understanding of scholarly citation and referencing practices. USE OF SIMILARITY DETECTION SOFTWARE All written assignments submitted in this unit of study will be submitted to the similarity detecting software program known as Turnitin. Turnitin searches for matches between text in your written assessment task and text sourced from the Internet, published works and assignments that have previously been submitted to Turnitin for analysis. There will always be some degree of text-matching when using Turnitin. Text-matching may occur in use of direct quotations, technical terms and phrases, or the listing of bibliographic material. This does not mean you will automatically be accused of academic dishonesty or plagiarism, although Turnitin reports may be used as evidence in academic dishonesty and plagiarism decision-making processes. Computer programming assignments may also be checked by specialist code similarity detection software. The Faculty of Engineering & IT currently uses the MOSS similarity detection engine (see http://theory.stanford.edu/~aiken/moss/) . These programs work in a similar way to TII in that they check for similarity against a database of previously submitted assignments and code available on the internet, but they have added functionality to detect cases of similarity of holistic code structure in cases such as global search and replace of variable names, reordering of lines, changing of comment lines, and the use of white space.

See the Student Policies page of the faculty website at http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/student-policies/ for information regarding University policies and local provisions and procedures within the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies.

MTRX1701: Introduction to Mechatronic Engineering (Semester 1, 2019)

9. WEEKLY SCHEDULE Note that the "Weeks" referred to in this Schedule are those of the official university semester calendar https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Week

Topics/Activities

Week 1

Lecture: Introduction to Mechatronic Systems

Week 2

Lecture: Diagrams and System Decomposition

Tutorial: none this week.

Tutorial: Assignment 1 Week 3

Lecture: System Modelling and Informed Intuition

Week 4

Lecture: Simple Sensors - Sensor as Transfer Function

Tutorial: Assignment 1

Tutorial: Assignment 1 Assessment Due: Assignment 1* Week 5

Lecture: Advanced Sensors - Disturbances and Modelling Tutorial: Assignment 2

Week 6

Lecture: Simple Actuators - Electrical Actuators Tutorial: Assignment 2

Week 7

Lecture: Advanced Actuators - Beyond Electricity

Week 8

Lecture: Control Toolbox: From PLC to Embedded Server

Tutorial: Assignment 2

Tutorial: Assignment 3 Assessment Due: Assignment 2* Week 9

Lecture: Implementing Control Tutorial: Assignment 3 -

Week 10

Lecture: Complete System Implementation Tutorial: Assignment 3 -

Week 11

Lecture: Case Study: Radar System Development Tutorial: Assignment 4 Assessment Due: Assignment 3*

Week 12

Lecture: Control in the Real World

Week 13

Lecture: ACFR Lab Tour

Tutorial: Assignment 4

Tutorial: Assignment 4 Assessment Due: Assignment 4*

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