History of Mechatronics

Dixit, Uday Shanker; Hazarika, Manjuri; Davim, J. Paulo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-42916-8_7

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In late twentieth century, a new discipline of engineering emerged as an offspring of mechanical engineering and electronics. The term mechatronics was coined by Tetsuro Mori and was trademark of Yasakawa Electric Corporation from 1971 to 1982. In order to understand the evolution of mechatronics, one needs to understand the evolution of mechanical, electrical, electronics, and computer engineering. A brief history of electrical, electronics, and computer engineering is presented in this chapter. The discipline of mechatronics is evolving. Some discussion about latest trend in technology is also presented.

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Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India
Uday Shanker Dixit
Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, Assam, India
Manjuri Hazarika
Campus Santiago, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
J. Paulo Davim

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Dixit, U.S., Hazarika, M., Davim, J.P. (2017). History of Mechatronics. In: A Brief History of Mechanical Engineering. Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42916-8_7

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42916-8_7
Published: 14 August 2016
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