Mechatronics

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Mechatronicsisamultidisciplinaryfieldofengineeringthatincludesacombinationofsystems
engineering,mechanicalengineering,electricalengineering,telecommunicationsengineering,control
engineeringandcomputerengineering.[1][2]Astechnologyadvances,thesubfieldsofengineering
multiplyandadapt.Mechatronics'aimisadesignprocessthatunifiesthesesubfields.Originally,
mechatronicsjustincludedthecombinationofmechanicsandelectronics,hencethewordisa
combinationofmechanicsandelectronicshowever,astechnicalsystemshavebecomemoreandmore
complexthewordhasbeenbroadenedtoincludemoretechnicalareas.
Theword"mechatronics"originatedinJapaneseEnglishandwascreatedbyTetsuroMori,anengineer
ofYaskawaElectricCorporation.Theword"mechatronics"wasregisteredastrademarkbythecompany
inJapanwiththeregistrationnumberof"4632714"in1971.However,afterwardthecompanyreleased
therightofusingthewordtopublic,andtheword"mechatronics"spreadtotherestoftheworld.
Nowadays,thewordistranslatedineachlanguageandthewordisconsideredasanessentialtermfor
industry.
FrenchstandardNFE01010givesthefollowingdefinition:approachaimingatthesynergistic
integrationofmechanics,electronics,controltheory,andcomputersciencewithinproductdesignand
manufacturing,inordertoimproveand/oroptimizeitsfunctionality".
Manypeopletreat"mechatronics"asamodernbuzzwordsynonymouswith"electromechanical
engineering".[3][4]

Contents
1 Description
2 Coursestructure
3 Application
4 Physicalimplementations
5 Variantofthefield
6 Seealso
7 References
8 Sources
9 Furtherreading
10 Externallinks

Description
Amechatronicsengineerunitestheprinciplesofmechanics,
electronics,andcomputingtogenerateasimpler,more
economicalandreliablesystem.Theterm"mechatronics"was
coinedbyTetsuroMori,theseniorengineeroftheJapanese
companyYaskawain1969.Anindustrialrobotisaprime
exampleofamechatronicssystemitincludesaspectsof
electronics,mechanics,andcomputingtodoitsdaytodayjobs.
Engineeringcyberneticsdealswiththequestionofcontrol
engineeringofmechatronicsystems.Itisusedtocontrolor
regulatesuchasystem(seecontroltheory).Through
collaboration,themechatronicmodulesperformtheproduction
goalsandinheritflexibleandagilemanufacturingpropertiesin
AerialEulerdiagramfromRPI's
theproductionscheme.Modernproductionequipmentconsistsof
websitedescribesthesfieldsthat
mechatronicmodulesthatareintegratedaccordingtoacontrol
makeupMechatronics
architecture.Themostknownarchitecturesinvolvehierarchy,
polyarchy,heterarchy,andhybrid.Themethodsforachievinga
technicaleffectaredescribedbycontrolalgorithms,whichmightormightnotutilizeformalmethodsin
theirdesign.Hybridsystemsimportanttomechatronicsincludeproductionsystems,synergydrives,
planetaryexplorationrovers,automotivesubsystemssuchasantilockbrakingsystemsandspinassist,
andeverydayequipmentsuchasautofocuscameras,video,harddisks,andCDplayers.

Coursestructure
Mechatronicstudentstakecoursesinvariousfields:
Mechanicalengineeringandmaterialsscience
Electricalengineering
Computerengineering(software&hardwareengineering)
Computerscience
Systemsandcontrolengineering
Opticalengineering

Application
Machinevision
Automationandrobotics
Servomechanics
Sensingandcontrolsystems
Automotiveengineering,automotiveequipmentinthedesignofsubsystemssuchasantilock
brakingsystems
Computermachinecontrols,suchascomputerdrivenmachineslikeIECNCmillingmachines
Expertsystems
Industrialgoods
Consumerproducts
Mechatronicssystems
Medicalmechatronics,medicalimagingsystems
Structuraldynamicsystems
Transportationandvehicularsystems

Mechatronicsasthenewlanguageoftheautomobile
Computeraidedandintegratedmanufacturingsystems
Computeraideddesign
Engineeringandmanufacturingsystems
Packaging
Microcontrollers/PLCs
Mobileapps
M&EEngineering

Physicalimplementations
Mechanicalmodelingcallsformodelingandsimulatingphysicalcomplexphenomenoninthescopeofa
multiscaleandmultiphysicalapproach.Thisimpliestoimplementandtomanagemodelingand
optimizationmethodsandtools,whichareintegratedinasystemicapproach.Thespecialtyisaimedat
studentsinmechanicswhowanttoopentheirmindtosystemsengineering,andabletointegrate
differentphysicsortechnologies,aswellasstudentsinmechatronicswhowanttoincreasetheir
knowledgeinoptimizationandmultidisciplinarysimulationtechnics.Thespecialtyeducatesstudentsin
robustand/oroptimizedconceptionmethodsforstructuresormanytechnologicalsystems,andtothe
mainmodelingandsimulationtoolsusedinR&D.Specialcoursesarealsoproposedfororiginal
applications(multimaterialscomposites,innovatingtransducersandactuators,integratedsystems,)
topreparethestudentstothecomingbreakthroughinthedomainscoveringthematerialsandthe
systems.Forsomemechatronicsystems,themainissueisnolongerhowtoimplementacontrolsystem,
buthowtoimplementactuators.Withinthemechatronicfield,mainlytwotechnologiesareusedto
producemovement/motion.

Variantofthefield
Anemergingvariantofthisfieldisbiomechatronics,whosepurposeistointegratemechanicalparts
withahumanbeing,usuallyintheformofremovablegadgetssuchasanexoskeleton.Thisisthe"real
life"versionofcyberware.
AnothervariantthatwecanconsiderisMotioncontrolforAdvancedMechatronics,whichpresentlyis
recognizedasakeytechnologyinmechatronics.Therobustnessofmotioncontrolwillberepresentedas
afunctionofstiffnessandabasisforpracticalrealization.Targetofmotionisparameterizedbycontrol
stiffnesswhichcouldbevariableaccordingtothetaskreference.However,thesystemrobustnessof
motionalwaysrequiresveryhighstiffnessinthecontroller.[5]

Seealso
Cybernetics
Controltheory
Ecomechatronics
Electromechanics
Mechatronicsjournals
Listofengineeringtopics
Materialsengineering
Mechanicalengineeringtechnology
Robotics
Stereochemistry
Supramolecularengineering
Systemsengineering

References
1.MechanicalandMechatronicsEngineeringDepartment."WhatisMechatronicsEngineering?".Prospective
StudentInformation.UniversityofWaterloo.Retrieved30May2011.
2.FacultyofMechatronics,InformaticsandInterdisciplinaryStudiesTUL."Mechatronics(Bc.,Ing.,PhD.)".
Retrieved15April2011.
3."Electromechanical/MechatronicsTechnology"(http://www.lcti.org/Page/1110).lcti.org
4.LawrenceJ.Kamm(1996).UnderstandingElectroMechanicalEngineering:AnIntroductionto
Mechatronics.JohnWiley&Sons.ISBN9780780310315.
5.MotionControlandAdvancedMechatronics(http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=491410).

Sources
Bradley,Dawsonetal.,Mechatronics,Electronicsinproductsandprocesses,ChapmanandHall
Verlag,London,1991.
Karnopp,DeanC.,DonaldL.Margolis,RonaldC.Rosenberg,SystemDynamics:Modelingand
SimulationofMechatronicSystems,4thEdition,Wiley,2006.ISBN0471709654Bestselling
systemdynamicsbookusingbondgraphapproach.
Cetinkunt,Sabri,Mechatronics,JohnWiley&Sons,Inc,2007ISBN9780471479871
JamesJ.Nutaro(2010).Buildingsoftwareforsimulation:theoryandalgorithms,with
applicationsinC++.Wiley.

Furtherreading
RobertMunnigSchmidt,GeorgSchitter,AdrianRankersandJanvanEijk,TheDesignofHigh
PerformanceMechatronics2ndrevisededition(http://www.iospress.nl/book/thedesignofhigh
performancemechatronics2ndrevisededition/).IOSPress,2014.
Bishop,RobertH.,Mechatronics:anintroduction(https://books.google.com/books?
id=CTfQPQRooMgC).CRCPress,2006.
DeSilva,ClarenceW.,Mechatronics:anintegratedapproach(https://books.google.com/books?
id=CjB2ygeR95cC).CRCPress,2005
Onwubolu,GodfreyC.,Mechatronics:principlesandapplications
(https://books.google.com/books?id=bgK8kCMpD_YC).ButterworthHeinemann,2005.
Rankers,AdrianM.,MachineDynamicsinMechatronicSystems(http://www.mechatronics
academy.nl/Machine%20Dynamics%20in%20Mechatronic%20Systems%20
%20Adrian%20M.%20Rankers.pdf).UniversityTwente,1997

Externallinks
IEEE/ASMETransactionsonMechatronics.(http://www.ieeeasmemechatronics.org/)
MechatronicsJournal
(http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/933/description)Elsevier
mechatronicapplicationsandrealisation
(http://www.cedrat.com/en/publications/categories/devicesystems/systems/mechatronics.html)
Listofpublicationsconcerningexamples
NFE010102008AFNOR(FrenchstandardNFE01010(http://www.thesame
innovation.com/Publi/Fichier/NF%20E%2001010_draft_translation.pdf))
XPE010132009AFNOR(FrenchstandardNFE01013)
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