Fully enrolled non-mechanical engineering undergraduate students, who have at least a junior status with a cumulative FIU Grade Point Average of 2.0 or better, may apply to the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering to request a minor in Robotics and Mechatronics. To earn a minor in Robotics and Mechatronics students must complete the 16 credit hours work listed below with a minimum grade of “C” in each course.
Minor in Robotics and Mechatronics
EGN 3311 | Statics1 | 3 |
EGN 3321 | Dynamics1 | 3 |
EML 3301L | Instrumentation and Measurement Lab | 1 |
EMA 3702 | Mechanics and Materials Science1 | 3 |
EML 4804 | Introduction to Mechatronics | 3 |
EML 4806 | Modeling and Control of Robots | 3 |
EML 4930 | Special Topics | 1 |
Students must meet the pre-requisite requirements for the above-listed courses.
Students who have taken equivalent course/courses will be exempted from taking these courses. However, they need to select courses from the following list to satisfy requirements for the minor:
Pre-requisite
EML 3036 | Simulation Software for Mechanical Engineers | 3 |
EML 4312 | Automatic Control Theory | 3 |
EML 4840 | Robot Design | 3 |
EML 4535 | Mechanical Computer Aided Design | 3 |