During 2020-2021, I have been the main developer on two new courses.
These courses are held bi-annually. The first course is about powertrain modelling and analysis, where electric, hybrid, fuel cell, natural gas and combustion engine powertrains are modelled and compare in MATLAB/Simulink. The idea of the second course is focus on the control and sensing of robots using Python and the Robot Operating System (ROS).
Vehicle Mechatronics: Powertrain
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- Powertrains in general
- Electric Powertrain (forwards/online/active)
- Backward- and forward-facing models
- Energy regeneration
- Hybrid powertrain
- ICE powertrain
- Battery model
- Series hybrid
- Parallel hybrid
- Hybrid Control Optimization
- Optimization in vehicle design and control
- Alternative Powertrains
- Alternative energy storages: supercapacitor, flywheel, hydrogen
- Fuel cell and biogas vehicles
- Project
- Powertrain design challenge
Prezi presentation of the course is available Here.[Could not embed the Prezi in wordpress, kinda lame… 🙁 ]
Vehicle Mechatronics: Control
- Theory (Python)
- Kinematic model
- Dynamic model
- Longitudinal control
- Lateral control
- Practice (ROS)
- Basics: Master, Nodes, Messages, Topics, Workspace
- Dev: Packages, ROS programs (nodes, launch files, …)
- Applications: Services
- Project:
- Autonomous robot race
Here is the lecture playlist I made in YouTube: