Vocational education provides necessary education and skills, which is directed at the mastery of certain expertise. As the learning outcome of this education, the graduates of Politeknik Mekatronika Sanata Dharma have been able to solve engineering problems in terms of maintenance and repair, operation, and assembly of industrial automation machines. For this reason, problem solving skills are important to learn. This paper presents a research on the effect of developing TRIZ-based competency test material on improving problem solving skills. The subjects of this study were 60 students of Politeknik Mekatronika Sanata Dharma. After several TRIZ-based competency tests, the results revealed that the problem solving skills of students on the basis of a systematic approach have increased, while problem solving on the basis of intuition (trial and error) have decreased.

This research aims to provide solutions for practical learning in the vocational field of mechatronic engineering during the Covid-19 pandemic. In order for vocational students to become skilled and competent, a considerable number of hours of practice is required. Meanwhile, to prevent the spread of Covid-19, restrictions on face-to-face meetings have been imposed. To make the number of hours of student practice sufficient without having to meet face to face, a remote laboratory is presented, which can be accessed by students easily, anytime and anywhere. The developed remote laboratory uses real equipment, in the form of the Mitsubishi RV-M1 Industrial Robot, which is monitored by 3 cameras, and can be controlled via the internet. The use of a real robot, not a simulation, is intended so that students can feel the experience as if they were practicing the robot directly. This remote laboratory for the practice of programming the Mitsubishi RV-M1 Industrial Robot has been successfully developed and is already being used by mechatronics students at the vocational faculty of Sanata Dharma University. Most of the students gave a good response to this remote laboratory, because students got a new and interesting experience. To demonstrate the effectiveness of this remote laboratory, a comparison is shown of the average time for searching for the position of an object directly and indirectly through the remote laboratory. From the results of the comparison, the average time to search for the position of an object directly ranges from 1-2 minutes, while through a remote laboratory it ranges from 2-3 minutes, which is considered to be within reasonable limits.

One of the special skills learning outcomes in Mechatronics Study Program referring to fifth level of KKNI is being able to design, analyse, improve design performance, and realize the design parts in the maintenance and repair process, operation, and assembly of automation machines, with proper consideration of occupational safety, health and environmental issues. Fulfilling this learning outcome is not easy. This paper presents learning experiences in Mechatronics Study Program of Politeknik Mekatronika Sanata Dharma in an effort to fulfil it. The effort made is to carry out project-based learning in the form of workshop lectures, called “Mechatronics Workshop”. These workshops held in second to fifth semester, and each project was an integration of all lecture material in that semester and before. The project results from workshop will be used in the next workshop, therefore the project is called a multilevel integrated project. Student assessments are determined by giving a checklist on the rubric of assessments, which include the ability to design, manufacture, operate, assemble, design improvement, and performance, in accordance with predetermined learning outcomes. Until now, the results of this workshop lecture have met the learning outcomes, and show high satisfaction scores, both from the perspective of teachers and students.

The aim of this research is to design and manufacture a stamping machine module controlled by PLC. Stamping machine is an application of electropneumatic system in industry to print image/text on the workpieces. The result of this research is a stamping module controlled by PLC, with reliable and easy to disassemble for learning Electro-pneumatic Practice.

Mobile robot technology, coupled with artificial intelligence, has reached a point where robots can now autonomously navigate and store area data, while the integration of smart sensor and controller technology enables them to detect and adapt to dynamic environments by making predictions under diverse conditions. In general, hospital visitors do not have sufficient preparation and knowledge accompanied by sudden situations, this often makes visitors, namely patients and patient companions confused and panicked. The reality is that until now, many visitors are still pacing in the wrong room, asking the officers many times, which eventually leads to misunderstandings by visitors to the hospital system, facilities, and services which are considered complicated and make visitors dissatisfied. Applied technology innovation Design and control of autonomous visitor guide robots in hospital environments (Viguro Robot) offers solutions using interactive robots that can provide location information and deliver visitors to their intended location. Artificial intelligence is employed through the utilization of sensors, digital data, or remote input, allowing the amalgamation of hospital patient data, instant material analysis, and the utilization of insights derived from Viguro Robots' sensors. This robot is designed by utilizing the development of autonomous mobile robot technology, interactive human machine interface, localization and mapping, and obstacle avoidance. The stages in making the robot begin with design planning, initial testing, stage I validation, stage II validation, and implementation testing. This applied innovation of technology is expected to offer solutions in order to improve facilities and quality of service to patients and patient companions in hospitals.