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45 Years of Mechatronics – History and Future

2015; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-319-15796-2_13

2194-5357

Andrzej Milecki,

Design Education and Practice

The word of Mechatronics is already 45 years old. This is an occasion to present the definitions of mechatronics, its history and to show current state of the art in this discipline. The article presents a short overview of the literature related to mechatronics. The development of mechatronics is also illustrated along with development of computers and washing machines . Finally the achievements are summarized and some questions related to mechatronics’ future are stated.