Deakin’s Mechatronics lab has LabVolt equipment supporting practicals and experiments within the mechatronics, and electrical and electronics engineering undergraduate courses. The lab also has a design and build area where you can realise your ideas, including a printed circuit board (PCB) mill and soldering stations.
Students undertaking their higher degree by research through either a masters or PhD by research, as well as academic staff, use the mechatronics lab for their research projects.
Bring your ideas to life
The mechatronics lab enables you to turn your blueprints into prototypes and create wearable technology to shape the way we live. We've created smartwatches to an Internet of Things (IoT) school bag – the bag monitors items in a child's school bag and informs their parents if they have forgotten their lunch or homework!
In the Warman Design and Build Competition, mechanical and mechatronic engineering students work together to develop a mechatronic platform/robot to navigate a course. This simulated real-world problem provides you with an understanding of time management, how to work in a team, and aligns with our project-oriented design-based learning approach.
When you study engineering at Deakin you get real-world experience via project-oriented design-based learning. You’ll undertake team-based projects and develop solutions to current industry needs, so you can hit the ground running when you graduate.
Throughout your study, you’ll have access to a wide range of equipment used for teaching and research. As you progress through your course, you’ll master more complex construction techniques and technology.
Gain practical skills and experience
The Mechatronics lab is equipped with soldering stations, a PCB mill for prototyping circuit boards and desktop workstations for testing a troubleshooting your designs. The lab also comes equipped with surface mount technology placement and soldering machines, LabVolt and Festo industrial automation trainers.
The Mechatronics lab is home to Baxter – a human-safe, vaguely humanoid robot able to use tablet-based facial expressions to convey intuitive messages to you as you work. Equipped with a torso and two arms, Baxter can be fitted with a number of different hand configurations to perform specific tasks, such as a suction cup or electric parallel gripper.
Our partners are valued members of the wider Deakin engineering family, not just our school. Opportunities to partner with us include work-integrated learning and industry-based learning and placements, student projects, commercial research projects and services.
If you have further questions about our lab, please get in touch.
