Proceedings of the 3 rd International Conference on Computational Mechanics, Computer Application and Mechatronics 2014 ICCM 2014, November 24-26, 2014, Dubai, UAE ICCM 2014, November 24-26, 2014, Dubai, UAE Enhancing Knowledge Sharing In Mechatronics System Diagnostic and Repair (A Case of Automobile): Using Knowledge-Based Virtual Community System (KBVCS) 1 Hosein H. Abdulah, 2 Yekini N. Asafe, 3 Adetoba B. Tiwalola, and 4 Ojo Olanrewaju 1 Computational Research Institute Abu Dhabi, UAE 2,3,4 Department of Computer Technology, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos Nigeria Abstract: Mechatronics is synergistic integration of mechanical engineering, with electronics and intelligent computer control in the design and manufacturing of industrial products and processes. Automobile (auto car, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor) is a mechatronic system which served as major means of transportation around the world. Virtually all community has a need for automobile. This makes automobile issues as related to diagnostic and repair interesting to all communities. Consequent to the diversification of skill in diagnosing automobile faults and approaches in solving some problems and innovation in automobile industry. It is appropriate to say that repair and diagnostic of automobile will be better enhanced if community has opportunity of sharing knowledge and idea globally. This paper discussed the desirable elements in automobile as mechatronics system and present conceptual framework of virtual community model for knowledge sharing among automobile users. Keywords: automobile, automobile users, knowledge sharing, mechatronics system, virtual community. I. INTRODUCTION An automobile, auto car, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods. [1] Mechatronics, the term coined in Japan in the 1970s, has evolved over the past 25 years and has led to a special breed of intelligent products. The word, mechatronics, is composed of ―mecha‖ from mechanism and the ―tronics‖ from electronics [2]. In other words, technologies and developed products will be incorporating electronics more and more into mechanisms, intimately and organically, and making it impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins [3,4]. Harashima, Tomizuka, and Fukada in 1996 defined mechatronics as the synergistic integration of mechanical engineering, with electronics and intelligent computer control in the design and manufacturing of industrial products and processes [4]. Mechatronics is a methodology used for the optimal design of electromechanical products. In recent time mechatronic system is not just a marriage of electrical and mechanical systems and is more than just a control system; it is a complete integration of all of them. [5]: