TY - CHAP
T1 - From mechatronics to the Cloud
AU - Bradley, David
AU - Russell, David
AU - Hehenberger, Peter
AU - Azorin-Lopez, Jorge
AU - Watt, Steve
AU - Milne, Christopher
PY - 2020/2/18
Y1 - 2020/2/18
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-29131-0_3
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-29131-0_3
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9783030291303
SP - 17
EP - 33
BT - Reinventing mechatronics
A2 - Yan, Xiu T.
A2 - Bradley, David
A2 - Russell, David
A2 - Moore, Philip
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
ER -