QUOTA BASED REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS OF CONTROL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND MECHATRONICS PROGRAMS

DergiPark: 417034ejovocMekatronik kavramı 1969 yılındaJaponya’da ortaya çıkmıştır. Mekatronik eğitimi 1980’lerden sonra Japonya’danbaşlayarak Amerika ve Avrupa üniversiteleri başta olmak üzere dünyada hızlayayılmıştır.  Türkiye’de MekatronikMühendislik Eğitimi 1999 yılında Sabancı Üniversitesinde başlamıştır.Mekatronik Önlisans eğitimi 2001 yılında Sakarya Üniversitesi Sakarya MeslekYüksekokulu ve Kocaeli Üniversitesi Gebze Meslek Yüksekokulu’nda başlamıştır.Önlisans eğitiminde Mekatronik programıyla birçok yönden ortaklık gösteren“Kontrol ve Otomasyon Teknolojileri” programlarının ülkemizdeki eğitim geçmişi1980’li yıllara dayanmaktadır.  Günümüzedeğin Kontrol Sistemleri, Otomasyon, Endüstriyel Otomasyon vb. değişik programisimleri adı altında birçok üniversitede eğitim verilmiş ve günümüzde “Kontrolve Otomasyon Teknolojileri” ismi adı altında toplanmıştır. Türkiye’deMekatronik Programları Kontrol ve Otomasyon Teknolojileri programlarına göredaha sonraki yıllarda açılmış olmasına rağmen son yıllarda adından sıkça sözettirmektedir. Önlisans eğitiminin başlangıcından itibaren geçen on beş yıliçinde hızla çoğalmış Kontrol ve Otomasyon Teknolojileri programlarının önünegeçen bir yaygınlığa ve bilinirliğe ulaşmıştır. Bu çalışmada Kontrol veOtomasyon Teknolojileri programı ile Mekatronik programlarının 2001-2015yılları arasındaki değişimleri ve programların gelişimi analiz edilmiştir. Okulsayıları, Örgün Öğretim ve İkinci Öğretim bazında program sayıları, öğrencikontenjanları ve coğrafi bölgelere göre dağılımları incelenmiş ve bu alandaki eğilimlerortaya konulmuştur. Ayrıca her iki program için Uzaktan Eğitim alanındakigelişmeler ve değişimlerle birlikte Vakıf Üniversitelerindeki durumları daincelenmiştir.Mechatronicsconcept was emerged in Japan in 1969. Mechatronics education spreads fast allover the worldfirstly in American and European universities starting from Japan since 1980s.Mechatronics Engineering Education started in Sabancı University in 1999.Mechatronics Associate Education begun in Sakarya University Sakarya VocationalSchool and Kocaeli University Gebze Vocational School in 2001. Background of“Control and Automation Technologies” associate’s education that is common toMechatronics programs in many aspects is based on years of 1980s. Theeducations named such as Control Systems, Automation, and Industrial Automationhas been taught in many universities since today and united in a name of“Control and Automation Technologies” today. Despite of opening later,Mechatronics program became more known in recent years and became widespreadand popular than “Control and Automation Technologies” in 15 years of time. Inthis study, changes and program developments of “Mechatronics” and “Control and AutomationTechnologies” analyzed between years of 2001 and 2015. School counts, formaland evening education program counts, student quotas and geographical regiondistributions were studied and tendencies in that area were presented. Also,development and changes of distant learning education and foundation universitysituations were analyzed for both programs

Particle Swarm Optimization in Swarm Robotics

In this study, Swarm robots, collective task behaviors, and communication models for motion integrity are examined. Collective Motion, which is one of the taxonomies of Swarm robots, has been defined to be suitable for Swarm robotics, one of the optimization methods based on genetic algorithm, to ensure its behavior. Among these optimization methods, Particle Swarm Optimization is discussed and the difficulties and problems arising from the equation and communication are discussed during the movements of the Swarm robots by moving from the basic equation. In addition, solutions of these problems were studied. And also, in the communication systems that will control the movements of the Swarm robots, a discussion has been made on the communication model that will contribute to the Swarm robotics in the literature. As a result of this study, in order to provide the collective movements of swarm robotics and to create more efficient communication, robots are divided into groups and the Swarm is modeled according to this modeling

Detection of Water Leakage in Drip Irrigation Systems Using Infrared Technique in Smart Agricultural Robots

In the future, the world is likely to face water and therefore food shortages due to reasons such as global warming, population growth, the melting of glaciers, the destruction of agricultural lands over time or their use for different purposes, and environmental pollution. Although technological developments are important for people to live a more comfortable and safer life, it is also possible to reduce and even repair the damage to nature and protect nature itself thanks to new technologies. There is a requirement to detect abnormal water usage in agriculture to avert water scarcity, and an electronic system can help achieve this objective. In this research, an experimental study was carried out to detect water leaks in the field in order to prevent water losses that can occur in agriculture, where water consumption is the highest. Therefore, in this study, low-cost embedded electronic hardware was developed to detect over-watering by means of normal and thermal camera sensors and to collect the required data, which can be installed on a mobile agricultural robot. For image processing and the diagnosis of abnormal conditions, the collected data were transferred to a personal computer server. Then, software was developed for both the low-cost embedded system and the personal computer to provide a faster detection and decision-making process. The physical and software system developed in this study was designed to provide a water leak detection process that has a minimum response time. For this purpose, mathematical and image processing algorithms were applied to obtain efficient water detection for the conversion of the thermal sensor data into an image, the image size enhancement using interpolation, the combination of normal and thermal images, and the calculation of the image area where water leakage occurs. The field experiments for this developed system were performed manually to observe the good functioning of the system.</jats:p

Usage of Evolutionary Algorithms in Swarm Robotics and Design Problems

In this study, the general structure of swarm robotics is examined. Algorithms inspired by nature, which form the basis of swarm robotics, are introduced. Communication topologies in robotic swarms, which are similar to the communication methods between living things moving in nature, are included and how these can be used in swarm communication is emphasized. With the developed algorithms, how the swarm can imitate nature and what tasks it can perform have been explained. The various problems that will be encountered in terms of the design of the optimization methods used during the control of the swarm and the solutions are simulated using the Webots software. As a result, ideas on the solutions of these problems and suggestions are proposed