Mechatronics Product Design Methodology

It is quite common to find information about Product Design methodologies; however these methodologies are focused on Mechanical Design, Electronics Design or even Software Design. A methodology for Mechatronics Design has been developed at the National University of Mexico and has been tested for several years. Now a focus on product design has been included to expand this methodology that was mostly dedicated to one-of-a-kind machine design and not to product design. This paper presents both the Mechatronics Product Design Methodology and the results obtained in the Product Design course taught to interdisciplinary teams of Mechanical, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineers and Industrial Designers. An assessment of the implementation problems and how these have been solved is presented together with the products developed by the students.