Mechatronics
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Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary engineering field that integrates mechanical engineering, electronics, computer science, and control theory to design and build intelligent systems and products. The term reflects the seamless fusion of these domains, where physical mechanisms are enhanced by embedded sensors, actuators, processors, and software to create cohesive, adaptive systems. In robotics and AI, mechatronics underlies virtually every physical platform — from lightweight robotic arms and humanoid robots like NAO and Robonaut 2, to exoskeletons for rehabilitation, soft actuators, and marine systems. Engineers apply mechatronic principles to design variable stiffness actuators, integrate tactile sensing, implement nonlinear control algorithms, and enable learning-based control strategies that allow machines to improve their behavior over time. Mechatronics matters because it provides the conceptual and practical framework for translating computational intelligence into physical action. By tightly coupling sensing, actuation, and control, it enables robots to safely and effectively operate alongside humans in healthcare, manufacturing, space exploration, and beyond. It is, in essence, the engineering backbone that makes intelligent physical systems possible.
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Modeling of Soft Fiber-Reinforced Bending Actuators
Panagiotis Polygerinos, Zheng Wang, Johannes T. B. Overvelde, Kevin C. Galloway, Robert J. Wood, Katia Bertoldi, Conor J. Walsh
Citations: 883 • 2015
Acceptance of Healthcare Robots for the Older Population: Review and Future Directions
Elizabeth Broadbent, Randall S. Stafford, Bruce A. MacDonald
Citations: 870 • 2009
Social Robots for Long-Term Interaction: A Survey
Iolanda Leite, Carlos Martinho, Ana Paiva
Citations: 836 • 2013
Review Article Tactile sensing for mechatronics—a state of the art survey
Muhammad Hisyam Lee, H.R. Nicholls
Citations: 703 • 1999
The DLR lightweight robot: design and control concepts for robots in human environments
Alin Albu‐Schäffer, Sami Haddadin, Christian Ott, Andreas Stemmer, Thomas Wimböck, G. Hirzinger
Citations: 616 • 2007
Large-scale failure modes of dielectric elastomer actuators
Jean‐Sébastien Plante, Steven Dubowsky
Citations: 609 • 2006
Soft robot review
Chiwon Lee, Myung-Joon Kim, Yoon Jae Kim, Nhayoung Hong, Seungwan Ryu, H. Jin Kim, Sungwan Kim
Citations: 600 • 2017
Anthropomorphism: Opportunities and Challenges in Human–Robot Interaction
Jakub Złotowski, Diane Proudfoot, Kumar Yogeeswaran, Christoph Bartneck
Citations: 582 • 2014
Control Theory of Non-linear Mechanical Systems
Suguru Arimoto
Citations: 580 • 1996
Mechatronic design of NAO humanoid
David Gouaillier, Vincent Hugel, Pierre Blazevic, Chris Kilner, Jérôme Monceaux, Pascal Lafourcade, Brice Marnier, Julien Serre, Bruno Maisonnier
Citations: 552 • 2009
Why Robots? A Survey on the Roles and Benefits of Social Robots in the Therapy of Children with Autism
Citations: 547 • 2013
Multibody System Dynamics: Roots and Perspectives
Werner Schiehlen
Citations: 489 • 1997
HAL: Hybrid Assistive Limb Based on Cybernics
Yoshiyuki Sankai
Citations: 475 • 2010
Dynamic Model of a Multibending Soft Robot Arm Driven by Cables
Federico Renda, Michele Giorelli, Marcello Calisti, Matteo Cianchetti, Cecilia Laschi
Citations: 466 • 2014
Robonaut 2 - The first humanoid robot in space
Myron Diftler, Frank Permenter, Brian Hargrave, Robert W. Platt, Robert T. Savely, R.O. Ambrose, Joshua S. Mehling, Muhammad E. Abdallah, N. A. Radford, Lyndon Bridgwater, Alex Sanders, R.S. Askew, D. M. Linn, John D. Yamokoski
Citations: 451 • 2011
Variable Stiffness Actuators: Review on Design and Components
Sebastian Wolf, Giorgio Grioli, Oliver Eiberger, Werner Friedl, Markus Grebenstein, Hannes Höppner, Etienne Burdet, Darwin G. Caldwell, Raffaella Carloni, Manuel G. Catalano, Dirk Lefeber, Stefano Stramigioli, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Michaël Van Damme, Ronald Van Ham, Bram Vanderborght, Ludo C. Visser, Antonio Bicchi, Alin Albu‐Schäffer
Citations: 438 • 2015
A Review on Design of Upper Limb Exoskeletons
Muhammad Ahsan Gull, Shaoping Bai, Thomas Bak
Citations: 425 • 2020
Surface EMG in advanced hand prosthetics
Claudio Castellini, Patrick van der Smagt
Citations: 422 • 2008
Stretchable origami robotic arm with omnidirectional bending and twisting
S. M. Wu, Qiji Ze, Jize Dai, Nupur Udipi, Gláucio H. Paulino, Ruike Renee Zhao
Citations: 388 • 2021
Upper-Limb Robotic Exoskeletons for Neurorehabilitation: A Review on Control Strategies
Tommaso Proietti, Vincent Crocher, Agnès Roby-Brami, Nathanaël Jarrassé
Citations: 383 • 2016