Many products and production processes involve the integration of mechanics and electronics (hardware) with information processing (software), resulting in mechatronic systems. The field of applications covers a broad range of industrial sectors such as aerospace, agriculture, consumer, energy, health care, manufacturing, mining, transportation, automotive, etc. The signature of mechatronic systems is enabling innovative solutions attributed to the synergistic integration of sensors, actuators, and real-time computing systems, where algorithms for real-time estimation, decision, and control are embedded.
The scope of the TC includes fundamental theory, holistic design methodology, technical innovation, and advances in industrial and emerging applications. Topics of interest include modeling, identification, control, sensing, actuation, and synergetic interdisciplinary and inter-domain design and system realization methodologies. These topics are applied to a broad range of industrial sectors and basic scientific and applied research and development. For example, mechatronic systems contribute to education and the technological advances in nano/micro/macro manufacturing, aero/space/ground/underwater powertrains and vehicles, energy systems, medical systems, cyber-physical systems, Internet-of-Things, robotics, etc.
