Mechatronics & Automation Competitions

Overview

Mechatronics includes mechanics, pneumatics, electronically controlled systems, programming, and robotics and systems development. It is the job of the mechatronics technician to combine these areas to design, build, maintain, and repair automated equipment, and programme equipment control systems.

As well as factory assembly lines, mechatronics is used in everything from bottling machines to supermarket cash till and belt assemblies.

This is a practical competition that will test your logic, design and fault finding skills in a challenging environment. To complete the tasks competitors are expected to apply their theoretical knowledge of fundamental principles, automation, pneumatic, electrical/electronic and PLC technologies. The skills that are tested in the practical competition include:

• Designing, building and testing pneumatic, electro-pneumatic circuits and PLC programmes for sequential and non-sequential tasks
• Mechanically assembling a given set of components to a specification
• Adding new functionality and operations to a given application.
• General Impression and Function.

Entry criteria

• This is a team competition
• There is no limit to the number of entries per organisation
• Competitors must be familiar with the core competencies (these can be found in the documents within the useful information section). This is a practical competition that will test your logic, design and fault finding skills in a challenging environment

https://www.worldskillsuk.org/champions/national-skills-competitions/find-a-competition/engineering-and-technology/mechatronics