MODEL BASED MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS MODELING METHODOLOGY IN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STAGE

Аннотация

Mechatronics and robotics are one of the most rapidly developing fields in technology sector today, and it grows constantly. Many mechatronics applications, like home robots were quite rear ten years ago, but are now available for consumers. Mechatronics as an engineering domain itself is not very new at all. The term mechatronics was introduced by a Japanese engineer from Yasukawa Electric Company in 1969. Initially it reflected the merge of mechanics and electronics. In the mid-1980s the control and software part started to play more important role in mechatronics engineering and the scope of mechatronics was extended. Today, the term mechatronics encompasses a large array of technologies including all sub-domains of mechanics, electronics and control.