New Trends in Mechatronics and Robotic Systems

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on new trends in mechatronics engineering, through the many learning stages, from secondary school experiments to the development of industrial applications, that require different robustness requisites and, inevitably, different implementation skills. Mechatronic applications are common in Automation, Control, and Robotics, these being the topics of focus for the proposed Special Issue, although mechatronics is not exclusive to these areas.

Educational robotics can play an important role in mechatronics engineering education, due to the inherent multi-disciplinary concepts that are involved, motivating students towards technological areas. It also plays an important role in research and development, because it is expected that the outcomes that will emerge here will later be transferred to other application areas, such as service robots and manufacturing.

Considering that the cost is always a key indicator, in addition to the application performance. Each application has its own requirements that must be fulfilled at the lowest possible cost, without having a performance compromise. Different methodologies and technologies allow for cost-reduction in the development and deployment of mechatronic applications, and these different approaches must be researched and disseminated.

Prof. Dr. José Gonçalves
Prof. Dr. Paulo Costa
Prof. Dr. Vítor H. Pinto
Guest Editors

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