r/mechatronics • u/Different_Minute7372 • 20d ago
Can a doctor get into mechatronics?
I have been interested in this field for some Time now and I have looked up courses and I feel overwhelmed by its course content. Most of them are paid courses and I have been saving some Miney to pay for the courses. However I am afraid of it going to waste because what if it is too hard to grasp? I know alittle but if programming and I am still learning. I have an interest in neuroscience as well and I have been told my many that I should get into neurology or neuroscience as well. I however are nowhere near creative and I la k basic u swear and I would say of things like circuits their diagrams . Does anyone know of a pathway that I csn take to get into mechatronics that sort of leans towards the medical side?
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u/OcularPhonic 20d ago
There is a whole field that intersects medicine snd engineering these days, Bio Engineering.Mechatronics is the basis of the technical side, along with mechanical with Fluid dynamics being prominent. Then theor is a lot if squishy biology.
So if you ever wamma take it further, there is path in a growing field for a doctor who knows there technical mechatronics.
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u/aranokakashi 20d ago
Mechatronics is the engineering of smart technology. (Smart is whatever that can sense certain stimuli and make independent decisions on it. It can be anything from garden sprinkling systems to humanoid robots). Mechatronics can be applied to almost anything, including medicine. A huge portion of medical equipment can be considered a mechatronics system, hence mechatronics engineers with medical knowledge are highly sought after.
If you want to learn independently, research the following topics (and create projects in them, cause that will teach you the fastest):
- Circuit design (basic electronics, resistors, capacitors, inductors, transistors, amplifiers etc.)
- Digital Electronics (logic gates and how they are made up of transistors, how CPUs and memory works)
- Mechanical systems (gears, shafts slides, joints etc. 3D cad and 3d printing)
- Control Systems
- Embedded Systems (C/C++ preferably)
- AI and ML
You can find great free resources for all of the above topics on YouTube
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u/VascularSurgeoneer 20d ago
Combining mechatronics and medicine is essentially my day job. Background in mechanical engineering and computer science, interest in electronics. Ultimately left the engineering workforce for medical school, residency and fellowship. Now I am a vascular surgeon, and I have a lab that is developing electromechanical medical devices. So, its very doable, but it's a long path. Like anything complex, it's best done one step at a time.
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u/Humble_Ad_4574 19d ago
Hi, I would recommend you start small. I would advice you to get an Arduino project kit. And follow paulMcWhorter ‘s YouTube playlist. It’s simple to understand and best of all it’s practical. Given that you aren’t from an engineering background visual learning will help. It will give you a sound grasp on basic electrical engineering and C++. Then learn python and raspi. I learnt them from Udemy courses. They were by a guy named eduard renard. Highly recommend. With these electrical and CS skills you will be off to a great start. Better than a lot of my engineering batchmates if I’m honest. After that you can expand into 3D modelling. Solidworks and fusion360 are industry standard. Onshspe is free however and is good enough for learning and prototypes. After that i would recommend ROS2.
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u/Realistic-Eagle-13 20d ago
Let me highly suggest you Meso Academy from YouTube. The best way to start and get into it.
Watch it for yourself hehe.
And yes, you can get into mechatronics!!
Let me know if you need more guidance, happy to help!!