Introduction to Mechatronics Innovation and Modeling Video

Mechatronics is multidisciplinary systems engineering for the 21st century The word mechatronics was created in the 1970s to describe the integration of mechanisms and electronics in consumer products. It evolved in the 1990s into the creation of smart products through the integration of microprocessors and electronics into traditional mechanical systems. It now has come to mean multidisciplinary engineering system design, with the synergistic integration of sensors, actuators, electronics, and real-time computer control with the multidisciplinary system occurring at the very start of the design process – no after-thought add-ons allowed – thus enabling complex decision making. It is technology innovation and integration through model-based design to achieve optimal system functionality.