mechatronics
Automated systems discipline
Mechatronics is an engineering field that combines mechanical systems, electronics, and computer control.
The term emerged as machines became increasingly automated—a car's antilock brakes, a robotic arm on an assembly line, and a camera's autofocus system are all mechatronic designs.
She studied mechatronics to work on prosthetic limbs.
Combining into a whole
- cyber-physicalIntegrating computation with mechanics
- embedded systemsDedicated computing within devices
- control systemsMechanisms maintaining desired outputs
- signal processingMathematical manipulation of waveforms
feedback · sensors · actuators · hardware · software · microcontrollers · interfacing · data acquisition
Programmable mechanical manipulators
- humanoidBeing with body like ours
- androidMachine resembling a person
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- manipulatorOne who controls cunningly
gripper · locomotion · servo · kinematics · cybernetics · droid · bionic · machine vision
Processing knowledge through computers
- computer scienceStudy of algorithms and computation
- electrical engineeringStudy of circuits and power
- instrumentationDesign of measuring devices
- dynamicsStudy of forces
kinematics · thermodynamics · hydraulics · pneumatics · power systems · electromagnetics · materials science
Industrial automation computer
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- CNCAutomated machining via code
- feedback loopSelf-modifying cyclical process
production · actuator · sensor · servomechanism · pneumatic · hydraulic · precision · batch processing
Technical drawing technology
- CAMTech-related abbreviation
- electrical circuitsConductive paths for current
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
- simulationImitation of real processes
optimization · schematic · PCB · 3D printing · tolerance · enclosure · wiring · testing
integration
Combining into a whole
- cyber-physicalIntegrating computation with mechanics
- embedded systemsDedicated computing within devices
- control systemsMechanisms maintaining desired outputs
signal processing · feedback · sensors · actuators · hardware · software · microcontrollers · interfacing · data acquisition · closed-loop
robotic arms
Programmable mechanical manipulators
- humanoidBeing with body like ours
- androidMachine resembling a person
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
manipulator · gripper · locomotion · servo · kinematics · cybernetics · droid · bionic · machine vision · mobile robot
informatics
Processing knowledge through computers
- computer scienceStudy of algorithms and computation
- electrical engineeringStudy of circuits and power
- instrumentationDesign of measuring devices
dynamics · kinematics · thermodynamics · hydraulics · pneumatics · power systems · electromagnetics · materials science
PLC
Industrial automation computer
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- CNCAutomated machining via code
feedback loop · production · actuator · sensor · servomechanism · pneumatic · hydraulic · precision · batch processing · motion control
CAD
Technical drawing technology
- CAMTech-related abbreviation
- electrical circuitsConductive paths for current
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
simulation · optimization · schematic · PCB · 3D printing · tolerance · enclosure · wiring · testing · iteration
mechanical, mechanism, mechanics, electronics, mechanisms, mechanistic, biomechanics, mechanistically, electromechanical