Research on conceptual design of mechatronic systems

On Conceptual Design of Intelligent Mechatronic Systems

We have technology now to design networks of small intelligent units capable of competing and/or co-operating with each other on specified tasks and making decisions under conditions of uncertainty through a process of negotiation. In highly dynamic environments, such distributed systems are capable of achieving considerably better results in terms of performance/cost ratio and reliability than...

A Representation Scheme to Support Conceptual Design of Mechatronic Systems

This paper outlines DROOL, a novel knowledge representation scheme for supporting early stages of the design of multi-technology systems. The key idea behind DROOL is that mechatronic systems should be considered as interlocking flows of matter, energy and information. This provides a powerful framework for thinking about important aspects of conceptual design, and an equally powerful structure...

Conceptual Design for Controller software of mechatronic systems

The method and software tool presented here, aims at supporting the development of control software for mechatronic systems. Heterogeneous distributed embedded processors are considered as target hardware. Principles of the method are that the implementation process is a stepwise refinement from control laws to efficient computer code and that all phases are verified by simulation. Simulation i...

Design of Mechatronic Systems

Aided Conceptual Design of Multiple Interaction - State Mechatronic Devices

Title of dissertation: COMPUTATIONAL FOUNDATIONS FOR COMPUTER AIDED CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF MULTIPLE INTERACTION-STATE MECHATRONIC DEVICES. Changxin Xu, Ph.D., 2005 Directed By: Associate Professor Satyandra K. Gupta, Department of Mechanical Engineering Increasing autonomy and intelligence in mechatronic devices requires them to be multiple interaction-state devices. Different modes of operations...