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CHAPTER ONE

Introduction

Ahmed R. Arshi
Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Contents

1 Engineering Approach 5
2 Fusion of Bio and Mechatronics 6
2.1 Manipulation 7
2.2 Locomotion 7
2.3 Sensory Interactions 8
2.4 Processing and Control 8
3 Modeling 9
4 Variability 11
5 Integration 11
6 Anatomy of Design 12
7 Developments in Designs 13
8 Energetic Interactions 14
9 Design Philosophy 15
10 Cohesion in Descriptions 16
11 Mechanism of Interconnections 17
12 General Design Methodology 19
12.1 Modification of Systems Approach 19
12.2 Intuition and Creativity in ICD 21
12.3 Bond Graph Technology in Synthesis 22
12.4 Design Criterion 23
13 Summary 27
Further Reading 28

Mechatronics is a fascinating field of study. It challenges the mind to think in
multiple disciplines. No other engineering concept is so adept in encourag-
ing instantaneous jumps from one field of engineering to another. An expe-
rienced mechatronic designer is in reality composing a piece of music for an
orchestra of engineers. As individual musicians have a fluent command over
their instrument, the mechatronic specialist is the script writer and produces
the blue print for the route. Learning to play in, work with, or even lead a
team of engineers is therefore an inseparable part of being a mechatronics
specialist.

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