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Mechatronics

Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary field that integrates mechanical and electrical engineering to create automated systems, exemplified by devices like CD-ROM drives. Robotics, a subset of mechatronics, involves creating robots for industrial automation, performing tasks that are dangerous or repetitive, and enhancing efficiency in various applications. Robots are widely used in industries, including automotive, and have applications beyond factories, such as in bomb disposal and space exploration.

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Mechatronics

Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary field that integrates mechanical and electrical engineering to create automated systems, exemplified by devices like CD-ROM drives. Robotics, a subset of mechatronics, involves creating robots for industrial automation, performing tasks that are dangerous or repetitive, and enhancing efficiency in various applications. Robots are widely used in industries, including automotive, and have applications beyond factories, such as in bomb disposal and space exploration.

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Mechatronics

Mechatronics is a combination of mechanics and electronics. It is an interdisciplinary branch of


mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and software engineering that is concerned with
integrating electrical and mechanical engineering to create hybrid automation systems. In this way,
machines can be automated through the use of electric motors, servo-mechanisms, and other
electrical systems in conjunction with special software. A common example of a mechatronics system
is a CD-ROM drive. Mechanical systems open and close the drive, spin the CD and move the laser,
while an optical system reads the data on the CD and converts it to bits. Integrated software controls
the process and communicates the contents of the CD to the computer.

Robotics is the application of mechatronics to create robots, which are often used in industry to
perform tasks that are dangerous, unpleasant, or repetitive. These robots may be of any shape and
size, but all are preprogrammed and interact physically with the world. To create a robot, an engineer
typically employs kinematics (to determine the robot's range of motion) and mechanics (to
determine the stresses within the robot).

Robots are used extensively in industrial automation engineering. They allow businesses to save
money on labor, perform tasks that are either too dangerous or too precise for humans to perform
them economically, and to ensure better quality. Many companies employ assembly lines of robots,
especially in Automotive Industries and some factories are so robotized that they can run by
themselves. Outside the factory, robots have been employed in bomb disposal, space exploration,
and many other fields. Robots are also sold for various residential applications, from recreation to
domestic applications

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