Teaching in Automatic Control and Robotics Discipline in Terms of Changes in Higher Education System: Experiences and Suggestions

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to outline certain phenomena conditioning tertiary education: mental changes of the youth, legal changes in higher education and changes in demands and profile of the industry. In the paper the experiences of making changes in the studies program of Automatic Control and Robotics discipline at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Technical University of Lodz were presented. Particular emphasis has been placed on demonstrating how to use the laboratory background in order to meet the needs of the industry. A proposal showing a better method of implementing the studies program in the new reality has been presented. The authors have also presented their own reflections on the advantages and disadvantages coming from the new system.

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