Part A Common (60M) - Basics of Mechatronics — GATE Robotics and Auto…
Part A Common (60M) - Basics of Mechatronics for GATE Robotics and Automation (RA): all 7 topics, with study resources and previous year questions for each.
Topics in Part A Common (60M) - Basics of Mechatronics
- Network Elements (GATE RA) — Network Elements: Ideal voltage and current sources, dependent sources, R, L, C, M elements; Network solution methods: Kirchoff’s laws (KCL, KVL), Node and Mes…
- Digital Circuits (GATE RA) — Digital Circuits: Boolean algebra, combinational (multiplexers, encoders, decoders), and sequential circuits (flip-flops, counters).
- Basics of Mechatronics: Sensors (GATE RA) — Sensors: Resistive, capacitive, inductive, piezoelectric, Hall effect sensors and associated signal conditioning circuits; transducers for industrial instrumen…
- Basics of Mechatronics: Actuators (GATE RA) — Actuators: Principles of operation, performance, torque-speed characteristics of hydraulic and pneumatic actuators, DC motors, stepper motors, and servo motors.
- Engineering Mechanics (GATE RA) — Engineering Mechanics: Free-body diagrams and equilibrium; friction and its applications- rolling friction, belt-pulley; trusses and frames; kinematics and dyn…
- Basics of Mechatronics: Programming (GATE RA) — Programming: Flowcharts and pseudo code; Programming in Python: data types, operators, expressions, conditional statements (if, elif, else, case) looping state…
- Basics of Mechatronics: Data Structures (GATE RA) — Data Structures: Stack, queue, linked list, binary search tree, binary heap, graph.
Other GATE Robotics and Automation (RA) sections
- General Aptitude (10Q/15M)
- Part A Common (60M) - Engineering Mathematics
- Part A Common (60M) - Principles of Robotics and Automation
- Part B1 Electrical Engineering (25M) - Analog Circuits and Embedded Systems
- Part B1 Electrical Engineering (25M) - Signals and Systems
- Part B1 Electrical Engineering (25M) - Control Systems
- Part B2 Mechanical Engineering (25M) - Mechanics of Materials
- Part B2 Mechanical Engineering (25M) - Kinematics and Dynamics
- Part B2 Mechanical Engineering (25M) - Machine Design and Computer Integrated Manufacturing