Lecture 1

1. Study the product life cycle diagram and elaborate the various design and manufacturing activities for a product: four-wheel automobile (a passenger car) or a mobile cell phone.
   
   
2. Identify a mechatronics system being used by you in your daily routine. Analyze its elements and state its importance in the functioning of that system.
   

Lecture 2

1. Visit to your nearby tool room or CNC work shop and prepare a case study on a real life example on tool wear monitoring system employed in the same.
   
   
2. Differentiate between an FMS and a CIM system. Prepare a report on how automation can enhance the productivity of a mold-making tool room to cater the changing customer demands in terms of shape, size and quality of molds.