Leondes C.T. (Ed.) Diagnostic, Reliability and Control System Techniques

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2000. XVI, 362 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-4822-9813-0 (eBook - PDF) — (Mechatronic Systems Techniques and Applications Volume 5).The technical committee on mechatronics formed by the International Federation for the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, in Prague, Czech Republic, adopted the following definition for the term: Mechatronics is the synergistic combination of precision mechanical engineering, electronic control and systems thinking in the design products and manufacturing process. Due to developments in powerful computers, including microprocessors and Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICS), computational techniques, diverse technologies, advances in the design process of products and other factors, the field of mechatronics has evolved as a highly powerful and most cost effective means for product realization.