NEW AUTOMOTIVE AND AERONAUTICAL MODELS AND DESIGN OF DIGITAL TWINS TO SUPPORT LEARNING IN TEC21 EDUCATIONAL MODEL
Year: 2023
Editor: Buck, Lyndon; Grierson, Hilary; Bohemia, Erik
Author: Vázquez, Rubén; Acuña, Alejandro; González, Carlos; Peñalva, Jorge; Corona, Carla; López, Camila
Series: E&PDE
Institution: ITESM Campus Queretaro, Mexico; ITESM Campus San Luis, Mexico
Section: Responsible innovation in design and engineering education
DOI number: 10.35199/EPDE.2023.104
ISBN: 978-1-912254-19-4
Abstract
One of the takeaways from distance learning during the COVID-19 lockdown was that virtual labs and mixed-reality lessons needed to be attractively designed. The MxRP simulator based on replicating processes of an ERP system of a virtual car assembly company, models based on Meccanos, were used. Surveys were carried out with students and teachers to improve virtual and augmented reality practices. As a strategy to bring the lessons to the intramural education of the Tecnologico, or Academic Extension, models of their own cars and planes were designed to take advantage of our student's creativity. The prototypes of these models were built by 3D printing and machining through a magnet-based clamping model to replicate the same experience in both augmented and virtual reality of the assemblies. Models previously built by our students for automotive and aerospace competitions were also digitized, creating digital twins for learning. The paper shows the process of design, prototyping, and construction of these models with the help of students and professors of the research group. The collaboration of schools of Design and Architecture, Industrial Engineering, Mechanics, and Mechatronics for creating and manufacturing these models. Technological advances lead us to replicate professions through virtual and augmented reality, as well as the creation of digital twins to increase the quality, efficiency, and manufacturing of a product.
Keywords: Digital twins, TEC 21, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Educational Innovation