The idea of building a machine from isolated parts, each with its own setup and software, no longer fits how modern automation works.

The field of mechatronics has evolved into a multidisciplinary arena where simulation, modelling and programming work in concert to optimise system performance, ensure reliability and reduce ...

Most engineers are surprised to learn that the term mechatronics isnearly 40 years old. It was first used in1969 by Tetsuro Mori, anengineer at the Yaskawa Company, to describe a system composed ...