Mechatronics And Robotics
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Mechatronics and Robotics
The term “mechatronics” was coined in 1969, merging “mecha” from mechanism and “tronics” from electronics, to reflect the original idea at the basis of this discipline, that is, the integration of electrical and mechanical systems into a single device. The spread of this term, and of mechatronics itself, has been growing in the years, including new aspects and disciplines, like control engineering, computer engineering and communication/information engineering. Nowadays mechatronics has a well-defined and fundamental role, in strict relation with robotics. Drawing a sharp border between mechatronics and robotics is impossible, as they share many technologies and objectives. Advanced robots could be defined as mechatronic devices equipped with a “smart brain”, but there are also up-to-date mechatronic devices, used in tight interaction with humans, that are governed by smart architectures (for example, for safety purposes). Aim of this book is to offer a wide overview of new research trends and challenges for both mechatronics and robotics, through the contribution of researchers from different institutions, providing their view on specific subjects they consider as “hot topics” in both fields, with attention to new fields of application, new challenges to the research communities and new technologies available. The reader of this book will enjoy the various contributions, as they have been prepared with actual applications in mind, along a journey from advanced actuators and sensors to human-robot interaction, through robot control, navigation, planning and programming issues. The book presents several state-of-the-art solutions, like multiple-stage actuation to cope with conflicting specification of large motion-spans, ultra-high accuracy, model-based control for high-tech mechatronic systems, modern approaches of software systems engineering to robotics, aand humanoids for human assistance. The reader can also find new techniques in approaching the design of mechatronic systems in some possible industrial and service robotics scenarios, with a particular attention for the interaction between humans and mechanisms.
Mechatronics and Robotics
The fields of mechatronics and robotics are closely related. Mechatronics now applied in systems such as CD players, cameras, and advanced automotive engines is a design methodology characterized by the synergistic integration of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science. Robotics, the design and construction of reprogrammable, multi-functional machines is also multidisciplinary, involving mechanical, electrical and computing elements. This work combines these two fields and provides an introduction to both. It systematically presents the principles, methodology and practice of mechatronics engineering and gives an overview of robotics with details on modelling, manipulator kinematics, static forces and robot dynamics. The author emphasizes and embraces the multi-disciplinary nature of engineering and uses the just-in-time approach to learning and teaching. He supplies applications, worked examples and illustrations that make the text useful in the actual design and construction of mechatronic and robotic systems.
Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering for Advanced and Intelligent Manufacturing
Featuring selected contributions from the 2nd International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering, held in Nice, France, February 18–19, 2016, this book introduces recent advances and state-of-the-art technologies in the field of advanced intelligent manufacturing. This systematic and carefully detailed collection provides a valuable reference source for mechanical engineering researchers who want to learn about the latest developments in advanced manufacturing and automation, readers from industry seeking potential solutions for their own applications, and those involved in the robotics and mechatronics industry.