The design of high performance mechatronics : high-tech functionality by multidisciplinary system integration /

Since they entered our world around the middle of the 20th century, the application of mechatronics has enhanced our lives with functionality based on the integration of electronics, control systems and electric drives. This book deals with the special class of mechatronics that has enabled the exce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmidt, Robert Munnig
Corporate Author: IOS Press
Other Authors: Schitter, Georg, Eijk, Jan van
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Delft University Press, ©2011.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=422087
Table of Contents:
  • Title page; Contents; Preface; Motivation; Acknowledgements; Summary of the contents; Mechatronics in the Dutch high-tech industry; Historical background; The Video Long-play Disk (VLP); Signal encoding and read-out principle; The Compact Disc and its family members; The Silicon Repeater; IC manufacturing process; The accurate wafer stage; The impact of mechatronics on our world; Definition and international positioning; Different views on mechatronics; Cultural differences in mechatronics; Focus on precision-controlled motion; Systems engineering and design; Definitions and V-model.