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What is Mechatronics?:

Mechatronics is the combination of Mechanical engineering, Electronic engineering, Computer engineering, Control engineering, and Systems Design engineering to create useful products. Its application areas range from power systems to transportation to optical telecommunications to biomedical engineering, along with a host of others. Mechatronic systems are almost everywhere you look.

Role of Mechatronics:

The prime role of mechatronics is one of initiation and integration throughout the whole of the design process, with the mechatronics engineer as the leader. Experts in the interdisciplinary mechatronics field must acquire general knowledge of various techniques and be able to master the entire design process. They must be able to use the special knowledge resources of other people and the particular blend of technologies that will provide the most economic, innovative, elegant and appropriate solution to the problem at hand. Industry needs mechatronics engineers to continue to rapidly develop innovative products with performance, quality and low cost.

Where Mechatronics Engineers work?:

Mechatronic devices or "smart" devices have become common in our technologically advanced society. Mechatronics engineers can work in any company that develops, designs or manufactures and markets "smart" devices. Opportunities exist in manufacturing, sales and as well as research.

Mechatronic devices have crept into everyday life. EXAMPLES include:

• robots
• anti-lock brakes
  A sophisticated control system takes over the braking function when the sensors recognize one or more wheels are locking up.
• photocopiers
• computer disk drives
• humidity sensitive clothes dryers and windshield wipers
  How do these devices "know" if clothes are still damp or drizzle is hitting the windshield? Sensors, that's how.

Mechatronic devices can be found in medicine and surgery, agriculture, buildings, homes, automobiles,the toy and entertainment industry, intelligent aids for the elderly and disabled.