The Ultimate Challenge

Mechatronics is a difficult term. It covers a lot of territory and is, as one comment mentions, almost meaningless because it is so broad. I think the term is mecha- due to the fact that every application is bounded by its mechanical design as a starting point. The -tronics is intended to capture the electronics element as either control or power, and sometimes both.

But mechatronics includes pneumatic and hydraulic systems, and basically anything that moves. And what moves Americans more than our cars? So I return to an earlier comment that the electric car is the Ultimate Mechatronic Challenge. Read more