Dynamics Of Mechatronics Systems

This is the fourth book from the Series "Scientific Fundamentals of Ro­ botics". The first two volumes have established abackqround for studying the dynamics and control of robots. While the first book was exclusive­ ly devoted to the dynamics of active spatial mechanisms, the second treated the problems of the dynamic control of manipulation robots. In contrast to the first two books, where recursive computer-aided me­ thods for setting robot dynamic equations where described, this mono­ graph presents a new approach to the formation of robot dynamics. The goal is to achieve the real-time model computation using up-to-date mi­ crocomputers. The presented concept could be called a numeric-symbolic, or analytic, approach to robot modelling.

Understanding the core principles that blend mechanics, electronics, and software.

In the past twenty years, the scientific community has witnessed a technological revolution in products and processes, from consumer goods to factory automation systems. This revolution is based on the integration, right from the design phase, of the best that current technology can offer in electronics, control systems, computers, structures and mechanics. The terms that have emerged, for the synergetic approach to design, and integration of sensors, actuators, computers, structures and mechanics, are "structronics" and "mechatronics". Structronics can be viewed as an integration of mechatronic systems into structures, which emphasizes a synergistic integration beginning at fertilization. Similar to mechatronics (established in the 1980s), structronics is recognized as one of the essential technologies in the 21st century.

Applied Dynamics is an important branch of engineering mechanics widely applied to mechanical and automotive engineering, aerospace and biomechanics as well as control engineering and mechatronics.