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What is the future development trend of mechatronics?

Development Course and Trend of Mechatronics Technology

Since the advent of electronic technology, the combination of electronic technology and mechanical technology began, only the emergence of semiconductor integrated circuits, especially the emergence of large-scale integrated circuits represented by microprocessors, "mechatronics" technology has made significant progress, has attracted widespread attention.

The development course of (I) mechatronics"

1. The advent of CNC machine tools, wrote the first page of the history of "mechatronics;

2. Microelectronics technology for the "mechanical and electrical integration" to bring vitality;

3. The development of programmable logic controller and "power electronics" provides a strong foundation for "mechatronics;

4. Laser technology, fuzzy technology, information technology and other new technologies make "mechatronics" leap to a new level.

(II) mechatronics "development trend

1. Opto-mechanical-electrical integration. The general mechatronics system is composed of sensor system, energy system, information processing system, mechanical structure and other components. Therefore, the introduction of optical technology to achieve the inherent advantages of optical technology is to effectively improve the mechatronic system of the sensor system, energy (power) system and information processing system. Opto-mechatronics is an important trend in the development of electromechanical products.

2. Systematization of self-discipline distribution-flexibility. In the future, the control and execution system of mechatronics products has sufficient "redundancy" and strong "flexibility", which can better cope with emergencies and is designed as a "self-regulatory distribution system". In the self-regulatory distribution system, the subsystems work independently of each other, the subsystems serve the total system, and have their own "self-discipline", which can respond differently according to different environmental conditions. Its characteristic is that the subsystem can produce its own information and add to the information given, in the general premise, the specific "action" can be changed. In this way, the adaptability (flexibility) of the system is significantly increased, and the failure of a subsystem does not affect the entire system.

3. Holographic systematic-intelligent. In the future, the "holographic" characteristics of electromechanical integration products are becoming more and more obvious, and the level of intelligence is getting higher and higher. This is mainly due to the development of fuzzy technology, information technology (especially software and chip technology). In addition, the hierarchical structure of the system has also changed from a simple "top-to-bottom" situation to a complex, more redundant two-way connection.

4. "Biology-Software"-Biosimilar Systematization. In the future, the electromechanical integration device is very dependent on information, and it is often unstable when it is "static" in structure, but it is stable when it is dynamic (work). This is somewhat similar to living organisms: when the control system (the brain) stops working, the organism "dies", and when the control system (the brain) works, the organism is very active. In the field of bionics research, some excellent biological institutions can provide new bodies for mechatronics products, but how to make these new bodies have a living "life" remains to be further studied. This research field is called "biology-software" or "biology-system", and the characteristic of biology is that hardware (body)-software (brain) is integrated and inseparable. It seems that although mechatronics products have a tendency to develop towards biological systems, there is a long way to go.

5. Microelectromechanical-miniaturization. At present, the use of semiconductor device manufacturing process of etching technology, in the laboratory has been produced in the sub-micron mechanical components. When this result is applied to an actual product, there is no need to distinguish between a mechanical part and a controller. At that time, machinery and electronics can be completely "integrated", the body, actuators, sensors, CPU, etc. can be integrated together, the volume is very small, and form a self-discipline element. This kind of micro-mechanics is an important development direction of mechatronics.

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