Integrated Mechatronic Design for Servo Mechanical Systems [chapter]

Chin-Yin Chen, I-Ming Chen, Chi-Cheng Cheng
2011 Advances in Mechatronics  
Mechatronic systems typically exhibited high a degree of complexity due to the strong cross coupling of the involved different engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electronic and computer. This complexity originates from the large number of couplings on various levels of the contributing elements and components, coming from different disciplines. The difficulty for the design engineer in his daily work is that these couplings have to be considered in an early phase of the design process.
more » ... With shortening product lift cycle, design managers are consistently trying to identify means for producing a better product in a shorter period of time. Therefore, the realm of Mechatronics is high speed, high precision, high efficiency, highly robust. The difficulty in the Mechatronic approach is that it requires a system perspective: system interactions are important, system modeling is required, and feedback control systems can go unstable. Mechatronic design concepts include direct-drive mechanisms, simple mechanics, system complexity, accuracy and speed from controls, efficiency and reliability from electronics, and functionality from microcomputers. Starting at design and continuing through manufacture, Mechatronic designs optimize the available mix of technologies to produce quality precision products and systems in a timely manner with features the customer wants. The real benefits to industry of a Mechatronic approach to design are shorter development cycles, lower costs, and increased quality, reliability, and performance [25] . Additionally, in order to evaluate concepts generated during the design process, without building and testing each one, the mechatronics engineer must be skilled in the modeling, analysis, and control of dynamic systems and understand the key issues in hardware implementation. Thus, as the Fig. 1 shows, the essential characteristic of a mechatronics engineer and the key to success in mechatronics system is a balance between two sets of skills [22] :
doi:10.5772/22456 fatcat:ckrlx6kd2zh3do5fxqyl7d2qai