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When you work day-in and day-out with components like gears, bearings or electric motors, for example, it's easy to forget that those components are always part of a much bigger system.
Mechatronics simplifies traditional engineering concepts across most
industrial segments. By combining mechanical, electrical and computer technology into a single, integrated solution, products become systems
that are more efficient, reduce
operator error and cost less to
manufacture.
Though the original definition of mechatronics derived from the Yasakawa Electric Company in the late 1960s (the company won trademark rights for the term in 1973), the word has remarkably evolved.