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.
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