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A Cooperative and Competitive Workshop in Mechatronics Engineering
Author(s) -
Stefan Krebs,
Sebastian F. M. Schmidt,
Sven Matthiesen,
Sören Hohmann
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of engineering pedagogy (ijep)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2192-4880
DOI - 10.3991/ijep.v4i1.3068
Subject(s) - mechatronics , task (project management) , event (particle physics) , engineering , process (computing) , engineering management , computer science , simulation , manufacturing engineering , systems engineering , control engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
This paper presents a new mechatronics laboratory for students in the 5th semester of the mechatronics degree course at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. It is the aim of this teaching event to sharpen the appreciation of synergy effects in the development of mechatronic systems among the students. Despite of the great freedom in the development process, a concept has been evolved, which causes low running costs due to the combination of a model kit with rapid prototyping methods. A first pilot study of the laboratory starting in the winter term 2014 has shown that the students approach the task despite of the high level of difficulty with fun and dedication, especially because of the wide solution space which was unknown for them from previous lectures.

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