The Department was founded in 1930.
Summary
Two departments of
Theoretical Mechanics and Resistance of Materials were founded simultaneously as
well as MPEI was established in 1930. The present department received its
current name in 2016 after MPEI reconstruction.
The scientific activity of
the department staff covers various areas of mechanics, mathematics,
diagnostics and management of technical systems.
Employees of the department
carry out scientific and methodological activity in the field of theoretical
and applied mechanics, robotics, mechatronics, gyroscope theory and
applications, the theory of oscillations, stability, reliability and safety of
machines and structures.
The educational activity of
the department is aimed at training specialists in the field of robotics and
mechatronics, applied mechanics and engineering methods for calculating the
structures for strength, reliability and safety using the computer technology.
Graduates of the department
work in the fields of the aviation and rocket technology, power, industrial and
civil engineering, mechanical engineering, and the oil and gas industrial
complex.
The Center for training and
retraining of specialists “Reliability of Structures” was created on the basis
of the department. The center implements the program "Application of the
finite element method for strength calculations and ensuring the reliability of
structures" to improve the skills of specialists in the field of design of
buildings and structures Laboratory “Dynamics and diagnostics of power
equipment” was created on the basis of the department as well. As part of the
program, studies are carried out, concerning the dynamic characteristics of the
rotors of the power equipment and the determination of diagnostic signs of a
number of defects in changing operation conditions. The department carries out a significant
amount of projects on robotics in the framework of scientific research of
students, as well as pre-university training of students at the Center for
Technological Support of Education.
Research areas
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; robotics;
mechatronics; dynamics; the strength of machinery instruments and equipment;
mechanics of composite materials; theory of earthquake resistance of
structures; development of vibration protection devices; the theory of reliability
and safety of machines and structures.
Recent projects
Development of
guidelines for determining the alignment of the supports of the turbine unit
taking into account the measurements of the ascent of the necks of the rotors
based on data from vibration control systems and mechanical quantities,
- Study of
nonlinear effects in the dynamics of the wave solid-state gyroscope under
changing operating conditions on a moving base,
- Research and
modeling the behavior of groups of mobile robots. Development of control
algorithms that take into account the dynamic and geometric characteristics of
the devices, the properties of the chassis, the underlying surface and the
tightness of the workspace,
- Theoretical
and experimental study of the dynamics of new types of micromechanical
gyroscopes,
- Theory of
controlling the process of synchronizing the oscillatory movements of a disk
spool of the internal combustion engine and crankshaft rotation.
Features
New educational methods for preparing students to participate in design
engineering activities to create new constructive robotic systems with various
types of locomotion, new types of inertial and external information sensors.
Actively developing prototypes of autonomous wheeled mobile robots-manipulators
are implemented at the department.
Teams of students of the department won prizes in the international
scientific and technical festival "Mobile Robots" named after
professor E.A. Devyanin in Moscow, at the first All-Russian festival
"Robots for people", at the international congress "FIFA
RoboWorld Congress. Robots in Education, Entertainment and Service ”, at
“RoboCafe” competitions at the International specialized exhibition “Robotics”
and many others.
Every year, students of the department win cups and diplomas of Russian
and international competitions of mobile robots, participate and win in
regional and All-Russian Olympiads in theoretical mechanics, resistance of
materials, engineering and computer graphics, as well as in the Olympiad
"I am the professional."
Students, graduate students and teachers of the department actively
participate in scientific research in the field of mechanics, mechatronics,
robotics and control processes in the framework of schools of thoughts of the
RAS Academician V.V. Bolotin and Professor Yu.G. Martynenko. The department
represents MPEI in the Technological platform “Technologies of mechatronics,
embedded control systems, radio frequency identification and robotics”. The
scientific and innovative activities of the department are associated with
scientific and expert work on the instructions of the Russian Academy of
Sciences, the Ministry of Higher Education and Science, the Russian Foundation
for Basic Research, the Russian Science Foundation of the Russian Federal Property
Fund, the international committee “Vibration, shock and monitoring of the
technical condition”, as well as under contracts with enterprises of the real
sector of the economy.
Unique equipment
The department
has installed modern equipment that allows the implementation of the principles
of modern digital production. This significantly reduces the path from a
technical idea to its implementation in the form of an existing model of a
technical system. The department supports the work of the Center for
Technological Support of Education, which includes numerically controlled
machines for machining structural materials, an apparatus for laser cutting and
engraving, three-dimensional modeling, scanning and printing systems.
The department’s robotics laboratory has a comprehensive workbench for studying
the dynamic characteristics of mechatronic and robotic systems. Employees of
the department conduct research on the mechanical properties and strength of
composite materials in various environmental conditions.
The main characteristics of the workbench
The precision industrial robot manipulator KUKA KR6 sixx R900 AGILUS is designed to study the accuracy of
complex technological operations in automatic mode. The movement of the payload
and target equipment weighing up to 6 kg in the working area with a radius of 1
m with a positioning accuracy of 1 mm is provided by an automatic control
system, which is configured in an interactive graphic programming environment.
KUKA youBot mobile robotic manipulators are designed to
study the control processes and dynamics of robots in a changing environment.
The presence of roller-bearing wheels permits to move the mobile platform in an
arbitrary direction on the plane with a maximum speed of 1 m / s. The carrying
capacity of a mobile platform with a five-link manipulator is 20 kg. The
battery life is 1.5 hours. A stereo vision system, a laser scanner with an
obstacle detection range of up to 6 m are included in the automatic control
system for the movement of a mobile robot-manipulator.
KUKA youBot
The robot movement is programmed in the Simulink
medium, as well as in the Robot Programming System (ROS) with the open source
based on the Linux operating system.
The mobile robot "Energy", created to participate in international
competitions of mobile robots, permits to automatically move around the test
site with a changing noise signal medium. Comprehensive processing of primary
measurement information of the technical vision system with a circular field of
view, odometric and rangefinder sensors provides high accuracy in determining
the position of the robot in an autonomous mode of operation. The automatic
control system permits to perform the optimal speed on the road markings and
beacons of the test site.
The available equipment allows for the automation of technological processes of
the enterprise, warehouse and shopping complex, monitoring and technological
actions in hard-to-reach dangerous and cramped conditions. Research and
development project is aimed at improving the accuracy of the implementation of
target-oriented tasks through the integrated processing of arrays of
measurement information, the application of mechanics, artificial intelligence,
optimal and adaptive control.
Educational programs at the department
Bachelor
15.03.03 Applied mechanics, profile “Dynamics and Strength of Machines,
Instruments and Equipment”.
15.03.06 Mechatronics and robotics, profile "Computer control
technologies in robotics and mechatronics"
Master
15.04.03 Applied mechanics, program “Dynamics and Strength of Machines,
Instruments and Equipment”.
15.04.06 Mechatronics and robotics, program: "Development of
computer control technologies and mathematical modeling in robotics and
mechatronics."
PhD
Mathematics and Mechanics
1.1.7. Theoretical Mechanics and Dynamics of Machines