It is now practical to write software for real-time systems long before the actual computer hardware is sitting in a physical prototype. In today’s world it is rare to find electromechanical devices ...

Most engineers are surprised to learn that the term mechatronics isnearly 40 years old. It was first used in1969 by Tetsuro Mori, anengineer at the Yaskawa Company, to describe a system composed ...

Buildings comprise more than a third of the total energy used in the US, with a carbon footprint greater than the transportation sector. The application of control and automation to buildings can lead ...

Automotive mechatronics and autonomous systems represent a confluence of disciplines—mechanical engineering, electronics, and computer science—that is reshaping vehicle design and operation. Modern ...

Professor Clark Radcliff of Michigan State University explains how to develop distributable models in a mechatronic environment for simulation and assembly. In this video from The Automation ...

Mechatronics is where mechanical systems, electronic systems, and computer software overlap. Electromechanical and digital control systems, sensors, actuators, computer processors, software, system ...

Because of its high-tech aura, the term “mechatronics” lends itself to use, or misuse, as a marketing buzzword. Still, the lofty sounding concept is being used by automation suppliers and packagers to ...