Educating Robot Development in a University Laboratory from First Year – A Trial of a Robotics Club Under Observation at a Laboratory –

A special trial university course in robotics and mechatronics developed by the author enables s七udentswho wish to explore robot development to freely use the author’s labor叫 ory,equipment1 machines1 and consumable supplies such as screws1 aluminum materials, and electrical parts. This course a出isto encourage students to start developing mechatronics devices in their first year at university rather than wむもing-asis conventional-to start research and developmenもintheir fourth year. Hopefully, this will be剖1effective educational approach that brings the benefits of a robotics laboratory to a traditional mechanical engineering department while minimizing cost and time. Stati剖icaldata onもhenumber of students taking part in this course and七henumber of the students seeking jobs are provided based on the basis of the six-year period.