Two things are always in short supply during machine development: time and money. Traditionally, design of motion-based machines has been a serial process. The mechanical engineers would design the ...

Ultimately, the value of mechatronics lies not in any one technology, but in what happens when the pieces come together. Machines built as unified systems are easier to develop, tune, and trust. They ...

With fully interactive products now the norm, mechanical-control circuitry has emerged as an integral part of embedded-system design. Although designers have since the early days of electronics used ...

Mechatronics hardware design and architecture represents a confluence of mechanical, electronic, and computational disciplines aimed at creating integrated, reliable and intelligent systems.

When Tetsura Mori, a senior engineer for Yaskawa Electric Corp., coined the term “mechatronics” in 1969, most people had no idea what it was. Today, it’s hard not to come across mechatronics in some ...

Experienced packaging professionals know that buzzwords, like rock bands, can dramatically and rapidly rise and fall in popularity. Still, the noise of publicity can sometimes obscure a strong, ...