Mechatronics Research Laboratory

Mechatronics Research Laboratory is interdisciplinary applied laboratory consisting of Electronics, Mechanical, and Computer engineering. Purpose of this laboratory is having knowledge about mechatronics engineering as an electrical electronics engineers in order to train students demands of industry.

6 DOF Open Architecture Industrial Robot

Industrial Robotic Arm in Mechanical Research Laboratory has 6 level degree of freedom. Open source software based Robotic Arm easily responses speed and position control. Quick response quality of Robotic Arm gives an opportunity to develop projects from industry to biomedical field.

Double Tank Liquid Level Control System

Double Tank Liquid Control System controls liquid level. In this system, water in the tank is pumped by motor into liquid entrance. Pumped water flow rate is determined depending on position of valve. Water flow to both tanks is controlled over first one and water flow other tank is controlled valves between tanks. Draining of tanks is also controlled over last tank valve. To control water level, different control algorithms are applied.

Active Suspension System

Active suspension system is used in air plane take-off and landing or in cars to reduction of vibration increasing drive comfort in rough roads. In this system one wheel is simulated as active suspension system. This system combined of two mass and springs to absorbing these two masses effects. Elastic part represents car body and non-elastic part represents wheel. One of spring and absorbing group helps to carry car body and the other one models solidity between wheel and road. Since one wheel system is multiple input multiple output, it is applied real time system after state space model calculation and LQR state feedback controller design.  

Inverted Pendulum System

Inverted pendulum is sub model to rocket, air plane, single link robot, and humanoid robot.  Keeping inverted pendulum up in balanced is often used problem in mechatronics engineering. In order to keep inverted pendulum up in unstable balanced position, it has to be controlled actively. Purpose in this system is keeping up inverted pendulum from degree of freedom. To success this purpose, firstly position control of DC motor is carried out by using its mathematical model. Next, inverted pendulum model is carried out by energy based Lagrange method to keep it up.