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Mechatronics, Robotics & Control Laboratory The Mechatronics, Robotics & Control Laboratory has developed some of the world’s most unique mechatronics and robotic systems including various mobile robots, advanced sensors and actuators, state-of-art control prototyping systems including dSpace, MatLab, and LabView. The Laboratory offers students the chance to work on challenging mechatronics research areas:
  • 3d manufacturing of bio-scaffolds
  • Bio-instrumentation and control, connecting control systems to human physiology
  • Autonomous Guided Vehicle for agricultural production automation
  • Unmanned Arial Vehicle for environmental monitoring
  • Climbing robots for industrial inspection
  • Unmanned Underwater Robot for oceanographic exploration and monitoring
  • Machine vision applications
  • Novel actuators, smart/active structure
Opportunities are available for mechatronics students to engage the research activities at difference levels: postgraduates, final year projects, summer employment, and international internships.

Product Range

  • Mobile robot research: Autonomous robots
  • Mobile robot research: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
  • Mobile robot research: Unmanned Arial Vehicle for environmental monitoring
  • Research: 3d manufacturing
  • Research: 3D Modeling, visualizing and analyzing
  • Research: Autonomous vehicles
  • Research: Bio-instrumentation
  • Research: Machine vision