Laboratory manager:
Prof. Dr. İlhan KOCAARSLAN
General information:
MERC was founded on Ayazaga Campus of Istanbul Technical University in 2008 occupying a closed area of 1800 m2.
MERC provides opportunities of theoretical and applied research for many students of large spectrum of departments including Mechanical Engineering, Control and Automation Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electronics & Communication Engineering.The projects are managed by both undergraduate and graduate level students. CAEP students are encouraged to be involved with the projects in the MERC.
MERC consists of eight laboratories and a manufacturing unit listed below:
● Robotics and Manufacturing Laboratory
● Humanoid Robotics Laboratory
● Hybrid and Electrical Vehicles Laboratory
● Femto-Second Laser Laboratory
● Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Laboratory
● Micro/Nano Motion Control and Robotics Laboratory
● Basic Control and PLC Laboratory
● Applied Mechatronics Laboratory
● Laser Printed Circuit Board and Fast Prototyping Unit
The laboratories are equipped with cutting-edge technologies for high-level research activities. There are several national projects in progress currently such as ULV, UAV, Hybrid automobiles and Humanoid robots. In these projects, graduate and undergraduate students are working in teams under the supervision of the faculty.
Laboratory facilities:
| Equipment | Used For |
| Panasonic-MSMD082P1S (10 Units) | AC Servo Motor |
| Teko SR-01 (10 Units) | AC Servo Motor Driver and Test Set |
| Panasonic-MBMC1E2AZB (10 Units) | DC Servo Motor |
| Teko SR-B16 (10 Units) | AC Servo Motor Driver and Test Set |
| Siemens KA7080-2AA10 (10 Units) | AC Motor |
| Teko ASM-01 (10 Units) | AC Servo Motor Driver and Test Set |
| KORMAS-67114327 (10 Units) | DC Asynchronous Motor |
| Teko DCM-01 (10 Units) | DC Asynchronous Motor Driver and Test Set |
| MSM23H280-03IP (10 Units) | Step Motor |
| Teko ST-01 (10 Units) | Step Motor
Driver and Test Set |
| TEKO X-Y Tablet (10 Units) | Two Dimensional Servo Motor Experimental Set |
| Phoneix-Contact ILC155ETH (10 Units) | PLC Unit |
| Dspace-DS1104 (17 Units) | Fast Software Prototyping Equipment |
| Dspace-DS1103 (2 Units) | Fast Software Prototyping Equipment |
Dspace Microautobox- DS1401/1505/1507
(1 Units) | Fast Software Prototyping Equipment(Compact) |
| Dspace Autobox-(1 Units) | Fast Software Prototyping |
| Tektronix-AFG3001B (18 Units) | Signal Generator |
| Tektronix-TPS2014 (18 Units) | Oscilloscope |
| Santech-33003 (15 Units) | 0-30V DC Power Source |
| Sorensen DCS10-10E (7 Units) | 10-110V DC Power Source |
| Equipment | Used For |
|---|
| Quanser-10966 | Ball-Beam Experimental Setup |
| Quanser-11316 | Ball-Beam Experimental Setup |
| Quanser-10947 | Rotary Servo Experimental Setup |
| Quanser-10951 | Inverted Pendulum Experimental Setup |
| PIPER NC 88073 | Model Aircraft |
| Align-TREX700 | Model Aircraft (Nitrous) |
| Align-TREX500 | Model Aircraft ( Battery ) |
| ESKY_HUNTER | Model Aircraft( Battery ) |
| Mazak Variaxis 500-5XII (Freze) | Material manufacturing and processing |
| Mazak QuickTurn Nexus 200-IIM (Torna) | Material manufacturing and processing |
| ABB Robot Arms (2 Units) | Experimental Set up for Robot Dynamics and Kinematics |
| STAUBLI Robot Arms | Experimental Set up for Robot Dynamics, Kinematics and Image processing |
LPKF Laser-Electronics
LPKF Proto Place
LPKF Zel Print
LPKF ProtoMat H100
LPKF Promask | Material manufacturing and processing |
| Objet Alaris 30 Prototipleme | Material manufacturing and processing |
| DC Power 1000V 400kW | Power Supply |
| Engine Dynamometer | To Control Hybrid and Electrical Vehicles |
| Hardware in the Loop Engine Simulator | Engine ECU Development |
| Dspace RAPIDPRO SISTEM | Engine ECU Development |
| Turtlebot Mobile Robot Platform | Controlling Mobile Robots |
| 15 Channel Data Acquisition System | Measurement of Physical Data |