CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Course Outline:
MECH 6631 / MECH 472 – Mechatronics and Automation
INSTRUCTOR:
Professor Brandon W. Gordon (Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department)
Office: EV 4.227
Telephone: 848-2424 x3151
Email: bwgordon@encs.concordia.ca
TEXTBOOK:
There is no textbook. Lecture notes and reference material will be posted regularly at:
http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~bwgordon/mech663.html
GRADING SCHEME:
Project
Exam
65 %
35 %
The project will provide hands-on experience in the development of a mobile robot with computer
vision for an automation process. Groups of up to four students are allowed for the project.
LECTURE TOPICS:
Hardware
Software
Actuators and sensors
Logic control and switching theory
Industrial switching elements
Ladder diagrams
Programmable logic controllers (PLC)
C programming for industrial automation
Modelling and simulation
Feedback control
Optimization and trajectory generation
Computer vision
Computer based automation systems
Finite state machines / hybrid systems
Additional topics (robotics, networks, etc.)