SDSU Mechatronics Club

06/30/2021

Introducing the latest AUV in our line of vehicles, Pico! Dog pictured for scale 🐶

Read more about Pico below or you can read more information on our competition journal paper posted on our website!
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Featuring a compact hull design with a simplified electrical system, Pico was designed as a small-scale, low-cost AUV that can be assembled and tested by a single team member amidst a remote working environment.

When the pandemic first hit the United States in March, Mechatronics activities halted just as team members were beginning to assemble the 2020 RoboSub vehicle, Scion. SDSU's COVID-19 guidelines, in adherence to San Diego County guidelines, restricted club activities to continue remotely only. It was then that the Mechatronics team leadership started formulating plans for engaging members while working from home. In the Fall 2020 semester, incoming team members were trained with a series of training modules created for the mechanical, software, and electrical engineering disciplines applied for RoboSub. They were also tasked with designing a "minisub" - a small AUV that could be tested in a bathtub. The project proved to be a challenge, and taking the research and lessons learned from the minisub teams, Pico's design was created.

The Mechatronics team is now gearing up to continue testing Pico and deliver footage for the RoboSub competition demonstration video.

10/06/2020

With the Fall semester fully underway, our newest members have been training on the different engineering disciplines needed for making a robotics system 🤖 Thank you to our Co-Electrical Lead Pierce Walker-Howell and Ramiz Hanan, Software Engineer and Mechatronics alumnus, for presenting their summer research project on autonomous ground robots for our 3rd GBM!

08/30/2020

We placed 4th overall in the 23rd International RoboSub competition out of 33 teams! Despite the in-person component being canceled, our team was able to compete with our design report, team video, and website submissions. We're proud of our team's hard work that led to these awards!

The 23rd RoboSub Competition looked a lot different this year: in lieu of vehicle performance, teams were evaluated on a technical design report, video presentation and website. With 33 teams and the challenge of closed labs and social distancing, it was quite the competition! Find out the results below!

🏆 Overall Standings
1st Place ($3,000): Team Inspiration Team Inspiration 11128
2nd Place ($2,000): Si Se Puede Foundation & Arizona State University Desert WAVE
3rd Place ($1,500): Tecnológico de Monterrey VantTec
4th Place ($1,000): San Diego State University SDSU Mechatronics Club
5th Place ($1,000): Carnegie Mellon University
6th Place ($1,000): University of Alberta University of Alberta ARVP

Read through all the results here: https://robosub.org/2020/08/30/2020-final-standings/

08/25/2020

Mechatronics is recruiting for Fall 2020! If you're a student looking to get remote project experience in robotics for mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines, apply today! Our team also has business projects in marketing and finances. All majors welcome and no prior experience is required! For details about our upcoming info sessions and more, go to sdsumechatronics.org

08/17/2020

We are excited to share our 2020 RoboSub vehicle design! Check out our vehicle overview video: https://youtu.be/cbg5znNk_sM

Stay tuned for upcoming Fall 2020 activities at sdsumechatronics.org

Meet our newest vehicle design, Scion! Designed for the 2020 RoboSub competition, Scion was developed with new features and an improved computer vision syste...

02/27/2020

We had a blast at the Robotics Showcase Extravaganza displaying our previous vehicle Defiance to the San Diego community, hosted at the San Carlos Library. What a great way to end !

02/09/2020

Couldn't make the open meeting but still interested in joining our team? No problem! We have the meeting slides and information about how to become part of Mechatronics up on our website: www.sdsumechatronics.org/join-us 🤖 Feel free to DM us with any questions!

01/28/2020

Mechatronics is recruiting in spring for all disciplines! Our team is looking for students interested in learning hands-on engineering and business skills. We're hosting an open meeting for applicants on Saturday, Feb 8th at 12:30 in the Legacy Suite (3rd Floor in Student Union). Free pizza will be provided. Freshmen and sophomore students are encouraged to attend! 🤖 https://www.sdsumechatronics.org/join-us

09/08/2019

UPDATE: Our first open meeting on Saturday, September 14th will be held at the Aztec Student Union Pride Suite (Room 132)!
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Looking to join an engineering club at SDSU? Apply to Mechatronics at our open meetings happening at EIS 103 for the next two Saturdays at noon. Learn more about what we do and be ready to learn technical skills! Bring your laptop and notetaking supplies. PIzza will be provided 🍕🍕 See flyer for details!

07/31/2019

We're back at it for RoboSub 2019; on Tuesday we qualified on our first try! We'll be doing practice runs throughout this week leading up to semifinals on Friday and Saturday and then finals on Sunday. Feel free to stop by, ask us questions, and meet the team!

04/27/2019

We had the last GBM of the semester! Congrats to our grads: Karajo Kafka (Mechanical Project Manager), Gavin Broughton (Mechanical Designer) and Tyler Bashinski (President and Electrical Lead)! 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 After the summer, our Vice President Sarah Gomez will be taking over as President.

Now it's time to get ready for summer pool testing in preparation of the competition!