Mechatronicsystems achieve over more and more capabilities and perform more and more tasksautonomously. Thus, it is of extreme importance that the systems are reliableunder all operation conditions and can tolerate certain tolerances of parameters.This course offers an overview of the concepts and introduction to importantmethods. The course links robust design, optimization and reliabilityengineering with sensor and actuator design and measurement signal processing.In the accompanying exercise the methods will be applied to sensor and actuatorexamples.

Acquirean overview of and experience with methods for robust design and reliabilityengineering.

Topics include:Introduction to Failure ModesProbabilistic Modeling of Failures and Statistical EvaluationRoot Causes of Failures (including Electromagnetic Disturbances)Methods for improvement of reliabilityFault Tree Analysis (FTA)Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)Fault InjectionExperimental Design (DOE) (Taguchi, Classical, Bayesian)Robust Design – Definition of Target Functions Functional Safety

The exam is based on the content of the lecture and includes questions on both theory and practical problems.

content of the lecture

Assessment of the examination based on the points achieved.