Advances in Applied Mechatronics

Dear Colleagues,

The name "mechatronics" originated in 1969 by senior Japanese engineer Tetsura Mori, and the field has indeed been said to have grown out of robotics. Early on, robot arms were uncoordinated and had no sensory feedback, but as advances have been made in programming, sensor technology, and controls, the robotic movements have become more coordinated. Mechatronics is the combination of mechanical, electrical and electronics, control and automation and computer engineering. The main research task of mechatronics is the development and control of advanced hybrid systems covering all these fields and is supported by interdisciplinary studies. Several new technologies have emerged that allow for designers to revolutionize their approach. Some ideas were impossible to implement a decade ago, but, with the advent of these technologies, these ideas have been revised, and mechatronics design methods have been considered. As mechatronic systems become more complex, the challenges associated with successfully executing them also become more demanding.

The purpose of this Special Issue, in general, is to help us to better understand how mechatronics will impact the practice and research of developing advanced techniques to model, control and optimize complex systems. This Special Issue presents the current state of advances in mechatronics and related technologies including: Automatic Control, Robotics, Agent-Based Systems, Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0. The selected topics provide an overview of the state of the art and present new research results and prospects of the future development in the interdisciplinary field of mechatronic systems. The Special Issue will provide up-to-date and useful knowledge for researchers and engineers involved in mechatronics and related fields.

Within the above dimensions, the scope of the Special Issue welcomes high-quality original research and review articles that cover a broad range of topics related to theoretical and applied aspects of modern mechatronics.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Advanced Smart Automation Technologies in Mechatronics
• MEMS Dynamics and Control
• Sensor Design and Data Collection Approaches
• Model-Based Mechatronic System Design
• Mechatronics and Smart Manufacturing Systems
• Computational Intelligence in Mechatronic Systems
• Artificial Intelligence in Mechatronic Systems
• Mechanism Synthesis, Analysis, and Design
• Modeling, Control and Optimization of complex Mechatronic systems
• Novel Robotic Systems
• Intelligent Health Monitoring and Supervisory Control of Mechatronic Systems
• Medical Mechatronics for Healthcare

 

Prof. Dr. Wenjun (Chris) Zhang
Dr. Aydin Azizi
Guest Editors

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