General ideas of mechatronics engineering

PAN Yong, FU Ming-xing, YU Chen

(School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723003, China)

Abstract: In recent years, great changes and rapid development have been achieved in mechatronics engineering. Aiming at offering more profound and clear understandings of mechatronics engineering for scholars, the concept of mechatronics engineering was analyzed from its system, key technologies, application and other items on the basis of its characteristics such as greater structure, comprehensiveness, and application. The appearance and process were also analyzed from its three stages. Compared with the same research in foreign countries, the characteristics of mechatronics engineering at home were illustrated via three factors—market, subject, and the engineering itself with a lot of data and references. Based on its prospect, the trend of mechatronics engineering was concluded. The results indicate that mechatronics engineering, on one hand, tends to be intelligent, miniaturized, modular, networked, environmental in the future, which will exert great effects on a lot of fields including the society, industry, and the subject itself. On the other hand, questions such as the seamless stitching of mechatronics engineering and the training of its talents should be further investigated.