Publisher's Synopsis
The fields of mechatronics and robotics are closely related. Mechatronics now applied in systems such as CD players, cameras, and advanced automotive engines is a design methodology characterized by the synergistic integration of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science. Robotics, the design and construction of reprogrammable, multi-functional machines is also multidisciplinary, involving mechanical, electrical and computing elements. This work combines these two fields and provides an introduction to both. It systematically presents the principles, methodology and practice of mechatronics engineering and gives an overview of robotics with details on modelling, manipulator kinematics, static forces and robot dynamics. The author emphasizes and embraces the multi-disciplinary nature of engineering and uses the just-in-time approach to learning and teaching. He supplies applications, worked examples and illustrations that make the text useful in the actual design and construction of mechatronic and robotic systems.
