Robotics & Mechatronics

Robotics has been evolving since the onset of industrialization and is only further fueled by recent advances in all aspects of machine design and intelligence. With an impact on a variety of industries from food and manufacturing, health and rehabilitation, industry automation, self-driving, space exploration, etc., the field is growing its scope towards intelligence, collaboration and digital twins.

Quanser’s robotics curriculum offers comprehensive, application-centric learning solutions that span both manipulator and mobile platforms. Built on an open-architecture foundation and designed to be language agnostic, this unified ecosystem provides hands-on experience with industry-standard tools across multiple departments and educational levels. By integrating physical hardware with high-fidelity digital twins—and supplying structured curriculum for each environment—Quanser ensures accessible, flexible instruction for both in-person and remote learners.

The curriculum uses a goal-directed skills progressions and scaffolded labs, exploring fundamental mathematical concepts on kinematics, statics and dynamics hand-in-hand with industrial applications such as workspace identification, lead through, teach pendant, object tracking, self-localization, line-following, etc. By combining solid theoretical foundations with industry/research relevant application, Quanser’s curriculum prepares students for both academic research and real-world challenges—from manipulator robotics to mobile robotics, and beyond.

In today’s manufacturing industry, mechatronics plays a crucial role in driving automation and efficiency across various sectors and the integration of mechanical, electrical and computer systems. Active academic research in Mechatronics is also exploring the development of intelligent machines optimizing production lines and product quality, streamlining processes using robotics, advanced sensors, and real-time control systems. This sector impacts prominent complex systems ranging from manufacturing robots, precision surgical instruments, smart consumer electronics, all the way to advanced self-driving technology.

Our approach to mechatronics education focuses on the development of design instincts over design experience, and a broad engineering literacy rather than specialization. The multilayered curriculum combines system wide component exploration and creative problem solving.

The Mechatronics Design Lab provides a balanced design experience for your undergraduate mechatronics program with intuitive curriculum built upon Quanser’s Mechatronic Sensors Trainer and Mechatronic Actuators Trainer. The curriculum organizes learning objectives and lab content in the form of layered fundamental labs, guided challenges and projects with each layer bringing students closer to application contexts.