Mechatronics between dream and actual reality

Abstract

The paper presents some achievements in complex modelling and simulation in mechatronics, being underlined some characteristics of the mechatronics field together with applications of the mechatronics design principles. Some aspects of the optimized and integrated design having as main part the modelling and simulation of the system are presented. The facilities of the programs used for kinematic and dynamic simulation of multi-body systems are emphasized. Some mechatronic systems are presented as examples of modelling and simulation in MATLAB/Simulink (MS), SolidDynamics (SD) or MotionInventor (MI) programs with accent on robots for micro and nano manipulations of cells, industrial robots, and precessional drives.