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Mechatronics

The synergistic integration of mechanical engineering with electronics and intelligent computer control in the design and manufacturing of industrial products and processes.

Multi-disciplinary interaction

The additive process of combining multiple disciplines to address a problem in mechatronics.

Systems engineering

Allows the design, analysis, and synthesis of products and processes involving components from multiple disciplines.

Robotics

A combined branch of engineering and science dealing with the development, operation, and control of intelligent robots, which is part of Artificial Intelligence.

Accuracy

The measurement of the deviation between the command characteristic and the attained characteristic, or the precision with which a computed or calculated robot position can be attained.

Actuator

A power mechanism used to effect motion or maintain the position of the robot, converting electrical energy to motion or responding to signals.

Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Computer graphic applications for engineering objects or parts to be manufactured.

Circular Motion Type

A calculated circular path that a robot executes.

Control Algorithm

A monitor detecting trajectory deviations, computing torque applications for actuators in robotics.

Dynamics

The study of motion, forces causing motion, and forces due to motion in robotics and mechatronics.

Mecha from mechanics and Tronics

from electronics.

The word, mechatronics is composed of

Technologies and developed products

will be incorporating electronics more and more into mechanisms

Engineered products

frequently involve components from more than one discipline

Cross-disciplinary interaction

 one discipline is examined from the

perspective of another discipline.

Systems engineering

allows design, analysis, and synthesis of products and processes involving components from multiple disciplines.

• design

• model

• simulate

• analyze

• refine

• prototype

• validate

• deployment cycle.

Mechatronics exploits systems engineering to guide the product realization process from

mechatronics-based product realization

mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering and information systems are integrated throughout the design process so that the final products can be better than the sum of its parts.

•  Industrial revolution

• Semiconductor revolution

• Information revolution.

.Technological advances in design, manufacturing, and operation of engineered products/devices/processes can be traced through

integrated circuit (IC)

The semiconductor revolution led to the creation of

A2D

stands for analog to digital.

power to actuators

Effective, miniaturized, power electronics could amplify and deliver needed amount of

What do you understand by the term robotics?

Robotics is a combined branch of engineering and science which deals with the study of development, operation, and control of intelligent robots.

The robotics technology is used for

the development of machines which can perform complex human tasks in a very efficient way.

What is a robot?

A robot is a programmable machine which is capable of doing complex tasks automatically with precision and efficiency.

What are the Laws of robotics?

• First law: The robot may not injure a human being

• Second law: A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings

• Third law: A the robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws

List the name of the areas where robotics can be applied?

• Military Area

• Industrial Area

• Agriculture Industries

• Domestic Areas

• Medical Areas

• Researches

Accuracy

is the measurement of the deviation between the command characteristic and the attained characteristic, or the precision with which a computed can be attained.

Actuator

A power mechanism used to effect motion, or maintain position of the robot

Arm

An interconnected set of links and powered joints comprising a robot manipulator that supports and/or moves a wrist and hand

Assembly Robot

A robot designed specifically for mating, fitting, or otherwise assembling various parts or components into completed products.

Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Computer graphic applications designed to allow engineering of objects (or parts), which are to be manufactured.

Centrifugal Force

When a body rotates about an axis other than one at it's center of mass, it exerts an outward radial force

Circular Motion Type

A calculated path that the robot executes, and is circular in shape.

Clamping

The maximum permissible force acting on a body region

Configuration

The arrangement of links created by a particular set of joint positions on the robot

Control Algorithm

A monitor used to detect trajectory deviations in which sensors detect such deviations and torque applications are computed for the actuators.

Collaborative Robot

Term used to describe a robot system designed to operate in one or more of the four collaborative modes.

Four collaborative modes

• Safety Monitored Stop

• Hand Guiding

• Speed and Separation Monitoring

• Power and Force Limiting

Actual Position

The position or location of the tool control point.

Base Link

The stationary base structure of a robot arm that supports the first joint.

Compliant robot

A robot that performs tasks,with respect to external forces,by modifying its motions in a manner that minimizes those forces.

Contact sensor

A device that detects the presence of an object or measures the amount of applied force or torque applied on the object through physical contact with it.

A monitor used to detect trajectory deviation in which sensors detect such deviations and torque applications are computed for the actuators.

Control Algorithm

Control device

Any piece of control hardware providing a means of human intervention in the control of a robot or robot system.

Controller

An information processing device whose inputs are both the desired and measured position.

CPU

The central processing unit is the main circuit board and processor of the controller system.

Downtime

A period of time, in which, a robot or production line is shut down,due to malfunction or failure.

Dynamics

The study of motion,the forces that cause the motion and the forces due to motion.