The laboratory is in regular use for teaching and as a base for instrument services for the department and for industrial companies operating in Botswana.  For studies in automatic control, it houses a range of apparatus that allows students to apply classical and modern control theories in realistic process or machine environments.  These include:

•  Flow control
•  Temperature control
•  PH control, speed control
•  Various forms of positioning & position sensing a mini industrial robot.

In respect of instrumentation, the laboratory is equipped with instruments for measurement and data acquisition of most common mechanical variables, such as load, weight, motion parameters, temperature, flow, level and pressure. 

The laboratory is also equipped for teaching Applied Mechanics and Dynamics.  Typical studies include experimental investigations on noise and vibration, rotor balancing, motion of mechanisms including gearboxes, gyroscopic forces and pressures in bearings.  The vibration analyser is battery-powered and will download spectra to a desktop computer, so it is available for on-site vibration studies.  The laboratory is also equipped with the Engineering Science Experimental Kits which are mostly suitable for use on courses at foundation level for hands-on technology familiarisation between theory and real systems and practical applications.