Control Basics for Mechatronics

Control Basics for Mechatronics
Author: John Billingsley
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2023-09-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000927415

Mechatronics is a mongrel, a crossbreed of classic mechanical engineering, the relatively young pup of computer science, the energetic electrical engineering, the pedigree mathematics and the bloodhound of Control Theory. All too many courses in control theory consist of a diet of ‘Everything you could ever need to know about the Laplace Transform’ rather than answering ‘What happens when your servomotor saturates?’ Topics in this book have been selected to answer the questions that the mechatronics student is most likely to raise.That does not mean that the mathematical aspects have been left out, far from it. The diet here includes matrices, transforms, eigenvectors, differential equations and even the dreaded z transform. But every effort has been made to relate them to practical experience, to make them digestible. They are there for what they can do, not to support pages of mathematical rigour that defines their origins. The theme running throughout the book is simulation, with simple JavaScript applications that let you experience the dynamics for yourself. There are examples that involve balancing, such as a bicycle following a line, and a balancing trolley that is similar to a Segway. This can be constructed ‘for real’, with components purchased from the hobby market.

Control of Mechatronic Systems

Control of Mechatronic Systems
Author: Levent Güvenç
Publisher: IET
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2017-05-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1785611445

This book introduces researchers and advanced students with a basic control systems background to an array of control techniques which they can easily implement and use to meet the required performance specifications for their mechatronic applications. It is the result of close to two decades of work of the authors on modeling, simulating and controlling different mechatronic systems from the motion control, automotive control and micro and nano-mechanical systems control areas. The methods presented in the book have all been tested by the authors and a very large group of researchers, who have produced practically implementable controllers with highly successful results.

Essentials of Mechatronics

Essentials of Mechatronics
Author: John Billingsley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2006-05-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0471791520

Learn how to study, analyze, select, and design a successful mechatronic product This innovative, cutting-edge publication presents the essential nature of mechatronics, a field at the crossroads of information technology and mechanical and electrical engineering. Readers learn how to blend mechanisms, electronics, sensors, control strategies, and software into a functional design. Given the breadth that the field of mechatronics draws upon, this publication provides a critical service to readers by paring down the topics to the most essential ones. A common thread throughout the publication is tailoring performance to the actual needs of the user, rather than designing "by the book." Practical methods clarify engineering trade-offs needed to design and manufacture competitive state-of-the-art products and systems. Key features include: * Easy-to-construct set of laboratory experiments to give readers practice in controlling difficult systems using discrete-time algorithms * Essentials of control theory, concentrating on state-space and easily constructed simulations in JavaScript, including typical mechatronic systems with gross nonlinearities where linear methods give the "wrong answer" * Hot topics that include advances in the automotive, multimedia, robotics, defense, medical, and consumer industries * Author-provided Web site at www.EssMech.com offers additional resources, including videos, dynamic simulation examples, software tools, and downloads There are hundreds of choices involved in all but the simplest of mechatronic design tasks. Using this publication as a reference, electrical, mechanical, and computer designers and engineers can find the most efficient, cost-effective methods to transform their goals into successful commercial products. With its use of laboratory experiments, this publication is also recommended as a graduate-level textbook. Author Web site located at www.EssMech.com provides in-depth support material that includes links to simulations for modeling dynamic systems with real-time interactions, image processing examples, and 3D robot modeling software, enabling readers to "construct" and manipulate their own mechanism as well as other useful links.

Mechatronics

Mechatronics
Author: William Bolton
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 568
Release: 1999
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

"The integration of electronic engineering, electrical engineering, computer technology and control engineering with mechanical engineering -- mechatronics -- now forms a crucial part in the design, manufacture and maintenance of a wide range of engineering products and processes. This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the application of electronic control systems in mechanical and electrical engineering. It gives a framework of knowledge that allows engineers and technicians to develop an interdisciplinary understanding and integrated approach to engineering. This second edition has been updated and expanded to provide greater depth of coverage." -- Back cover.

Mechatronics

Mechatronics
Author: William Bolton
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 638
Release: 2011
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780273742869

Mechatronics is the integration of electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, control and computer engineering. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the area.

Mechatronic Systems

Mechatronic Systems
Author: Annalisa Milella
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9533070404

Mechatronics, the synergistic blend of mechanics, electronics, and computer science, has evolved over the past twenty five years, leading to a novel stage of engineering design. By integrating the best design practices with the most advanced technologies, mechatronics aims at realizing high-quality products, guaranteeing at the same time a substantial reduction of time and costs of manufacturing. Mechatronic systems are manifold and range from machine components, motion generators, and power producing machines to more complex devices, such as robotic systems and transportation vehicles. With its twenty chapters, which collect contributions from many researchers worldwide, this book provides an excellent survey of recent work in the field of mechatronics with applications in various fields, like robotics, medical and assistive technology, human-machine interaction, unmanned vehicles, manufacturing, and education. We would like to thank all the authors who have invested a great deal of time to write such interesting chapters, which we are sure will be valuable to the readers. Chapters 1 to 6 deal with applications of mechatronics for the development of robotic systems. Medical and assistive technologies and human-machine interaction systems are the topic of chapters 7 to 13.Chapters 14 and 15 concern mechatronic systems for autonomous vehicles. Chapters 16-19 deal with mechatronics in manufacturing contexts. Chapter 20 concludes the book, describing a method for the installation of mechatronics education in schools.

Mechatronics

Mechatronics
Author: Godfrey Onwubolu
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 668
Release: 2005-05-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0080492908

Mechatronics is a core subject for engineers, combining elements of mechanical and electronic engineering into the development of computer-controlled mechanical devices such as DVD players or anti-lock braking systems. This book is the most comprehensive text available for both mechanical and electrical engineering students and will enable them to engage fully with all stages of mechatronic system design. It offers broader and more integrated coverage than other books in the field with practical examples, case studies and exercises throughout and an Instructor's Manual. A further key feature of the book is its integrated coverage of programming the PIC microcontroller, and the use of MATLAB and Simulink programming and modelling, along with code files for downloading from the accompanying website.*Integrated coverage of PIC microcontroller programming, MATLAB and Simulink modelling*Fully developed student exercises, detailed practical examples*Accompanying website with Instructor's Manual, downloadable code and image bank

Advanced Mechatronics

Advanced Mechatronics
Author: Dan S. Necsulescu
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2009
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9812771816

Presents issues regarding remote measurements and indirect monitoring and control of distributed systems in the general framework of ill-posed inverse problems. This book provides an overview of the main results in the inverse problem theory. It offers a presentation of basic results in discrete inverse theory.

Control and Mechatronics

Control and Mechatronics
Author: Bodgan Wilamowski
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-10-12
Genre: Actuators
ISBN: 9781138073593

This volume simplifies presentation of concepts in control theory to make them practically useful for engineers or students working with control system applications. Focusing more on practical applications than on mathematics, this book avoids typical theorems and proofs, using plain language and useful examples to compare various techniques of control system analysis and design. It also covers estimation, observation, and identification of the objects to be controlled, to ensure accurate pre-production system models. In addition, it explores various aspects of robotics and mechatronics