Friday, March 14, 2014
The Mechatronics Design Symposium is one of ten Capstone Design symposiums presented by Waterloo Engineering this month.
From
virtual
reality
mountain
biking
to
concussion
monitoring
systems
and
medical
devices,
to CaseSensitive™
Smart
Luggage
tracking,
Waterloo
Mechatronics
students
are
again
raising
the
bar
on
the
introduction
of
new
smart
technologies.
the
University
of
Waterloo
campus,
students
presented
a
total
of
30
projects,
some
of
which
will
compete
for
$60,000
in
prize
funding
awarded
by
the
Esch
Foundation
at
a
pitch
competition
on
April
4.
Mechatronics,
introduced
by
Waterloo
Engineering
in
2003,
is
renowned
for
producing
entrepreneurially
minded
engineers
like
Stephen
Lake
and
co-founders
Aaron
Grant
and
Matt
Bailey
of
Thalmic
Labs,
creators
of
the
Myo
armband;
Matt
Rendall,
CEO
of
Clearpath
Robotics;
and
Eric
Migicovsky,
creator
of
the
Pebble
smartwatch.
Migicovsky
was
named
one
of
Forbes
Top
30
under
30
entrepreneurs
in
January
2014.
Other
projects
presented
at
today’s
Mechatronics
Symposium
include
the Pulse
Smart
Punching
Bag –
helping
people
learn
the
basics
of
martial
arts,
ARES
swarm
drone –
an
autonomous
swarm
surveillance
system,
Liftrax
–
an
automated
weightlifting
system,
RATAR
–
Rescuer
Assistance
Through
Autonomous
Robots
and
HEDD
–
a
Hydrocarbon
Emissions
Detection
Device.
At
next
week's Capstone
design
symposiums students
will
present
their
projects
in
system
design
engineering,
civil
engineering,
software
engineering,
mechanical
engineering,
management
engineering,
electrical
and
computer
engineering,
environmental
and
geological
engineering, nanotechnology
and
management
sciences.