Mechatronics Design

Overview of Mechatronics
• Mechatronics is a natural stage in the evolutionary
process of modern engineering design.
• The development of the computer, and then the
microcomputer, embedded computers, and associated
information technologies and software advances, made
mechatronics an imperative in the latter part of the
twentieth century.
• Mechatronics: The synergistic integration of mechanical
engineering, with electronics and intelligent computer
contro in the design and manufacturing of industrial
products and processes.
• or Mechatronics is the application of complex decision
making to the operation of physical systems.
• or Mechatronics is a methodology used for the optimal
design of electromechanical products.
• or A mechatronic system is not just a marriage of
electrical and mechanical systems and is more than just a
control system; it is a complete integration of all of them.
Key Elements of Mechatronics
• 1. Physical Systems
Modeling
• 2. Sensors and Actuators
• 3. Signals and Systems
• 4. Computers and Logic
Systems
• 5. Software and Data
Acquisition
• In the late 1970s, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine
Industry (JSPMI) classified mechatronics products into four
categories [1]:
• Class I:
• Primarily mechanical products with electronics incorporated to
enhance functionality. Examples include numerically controlled
machine tools and variable speed drives in manufacturing machines.
• Class II:
• Traditional mechanical systems with significantly updated internal
devices incorporating electronics. The external user interfaces are
unaltered. Examples include the modern sewing machine and
automated manufacturing systems.
• Class III:
• Systems that retain the functionality of the traditional mechanical
system, but the internal mechanisms are replaced by electronics. An
example is the digital watch.
• Class IV:
• Products designed with mechanical and electronic technologies
through synergistic integration. Examples include photocopiers,
intelligent washers and dryers, rice cookers, and automatic ovens.
• Class I products were enabled by servo technology,
power electronics, and control theory.
• Class II products were enabled by the availability of
early computational and memory devices and custom
circuit design capabilities.
• Class III products relied heavily on the microprocessor
and integrated circuits to replace mechanical systems.
• Finally, Class IV products marked the beginning of true
mechatronic systems, through integration of
mechanical systems and electronics. It was not until the
1970s with the development of the microprocessor by
the Intel Corporation that integration of computational
systems with mechanical systems became practical.
• All previous definitions agree that mechatronics is an
interdisciplinary field, in which the following
disciplines act together
• Mechanical systems (mechanical elements, machines,
precision mechanics);
• Electronic systems (microelectronics, power electronics,
sensor and actuator technology); and
• Information technology (systems theory, automation,
software engineering, artificial intelligence).
 converted into another energy form in the case of an energy
converter.
The form of energy can be electrical, mechanical (potential or
kinetic, hydraulic,
pneumatic), chemical, or thermal. Machines are mostly
characterized by a continuous or periodic (repetitive) energy flow.

For other mechanical processes, such as mechanical elements or

precision mechanical
devices, piecewise or intermittent energy flows are typical.

A primary energy flows into the machine and is then either directly
used for the
energy consumer in the case of an energy transformer, or converted
into another energy form in the case of an energy converter.
The form of energy can be electrical, mechanical (potential or kinetic,
hydraulic,
pneumatic), chemical, or thermal. Machines are mostly characterized
by a continuous or periodic (repetitive) energy flow.
General V model
mechatronics design V- model