Laboratories training mechatronic and information technologies for training of engineers in ecuador

Abstract

There are two main problems in higher education in Ecuador. The first is that the new graduate engineers have a theoretical basis in physics, mathematics, control, theory of engineering but have no practical skills. The second major problem is that universities have no academic labs updated according to changes in the world of production, technological developments, telecoms and the information society. In response to these problems, a laboratory training mechatronic is proposed. The objective of training in mechatronics laboratories is to integrate people with different skills and techniques to interact in a changing society through the influence of technologies.