From mechatronics to the Cloud

David Bradley; David Russell; Peter Hehenberger; Jorge Azorin-Lopez; Steve Watt; Christopher Milne

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-29131-0_3

From mechatronics to the Cloud

David Bradley^*, David Russell, Peter Hehenberger, Jorge Azorin-Lopez, Steve Watt, Christopher Milne

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At its conception mechatronics was viewed purely in terms of the ability to integrate the technologies of mechanical and electrical engineering with computer science to transfer functionality, and hence complexity, from the mechanical domain to the software domain. However, as technologies, and in particular computing technologies, have evolved so the nature of mechatronics has changed from being purely associated with essentially stand-alone systems such as robots to providing the smart objects and systems which are the building blocks for Cyber-Physical Systems, and hence for Internet of Things and Cloud-based systems. With the possible advent of a 4th Industrial Revolution structured around these systems level concepts, mechatronics must again adapt its world view, if not its underlying technologies, to meet this new challenge.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reinventing mechatronics
Subtitle of host publication	developing future directions for mechatronics
Editors	Xiu T. Yan, David Bradley, David Russell, Philip Moore
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	3
Pages	17-33
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030291310
ISBN (Print)	9783030291303
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29131-0_3
Publication status	Published - 18 Feb 2020

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Bradley, D., Russell, D., Hehenberger, P., Azorin-Lopez, J., Watt, S., & Milne, C. (2020). From mechatronics to the Cloud. In X. T. Yan, D. Bradley, D. Russell, & P. Moore (Eds.), Reinventing mechatronics: developing future directions for mechatronics (pp. 17-33). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29131-0_3

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From mechatronics to the Cloud. / Bradley, David; Russell, David; Hehenberger, Peter; Azorin-Lopez, Jorge; Watt, Steve; Milne, Christopher.

Reinventing mechatronics: developing future directions for mechatronics. ed. / Xiu T. Yan; David Bradley; David Russell; Philip Moore. Cham : Springer, 2020. p. 17-33.

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