UAV Flight Instructional Design for Industry 4.0 based on the Framework of Educational Mechatronics

The new stage of the industrial revolution, called industry 4.0, involves the use of Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, process automation and cyber-physical systems to achieve smart factories; these technologies are part of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and are devoted to increase levels of industrial intelligence. Within Industry 4.0, drones appear as intelligent devices that have been changing the rules of the game in the industrial sector, providing benefits with innovative applications. However, the required knowledge, skills and attitudes to manage these technological devices are not being developed in most of the Universities. This paper presents an instructional design for teaching UAV flight dynamics based on the Educational Mechatronics Conceptual Framework (EMCF) with the aim to develop the mechatronic concept. This EMCF includes the macro-process levels: concrete, graphic and abstract, and the processes involved to promote learning construction. Moreover, it takes into account the perspective entities: flight Dynamics (Process), Aerial Robotics (Application) and Drone (Artifact). The designed manual is focused on developing knowledge, skills and attitudes in the new jobs generated in Industry 4.0. We consider it key to disseminate educational mechatronics to help Countries in its transformation to become a relevant actor in the fourth industrial revolution.