Robots are Mechatronics
April 6, 2008 by Steve Meyer · Leave a Comment
Robots are a fun topic. They tease our imagination to wander into the realm of possibilities. Especially when we create film robots with personalities like R2D2, I Robot and the many strange variations of Artificial Intelligence.
And we begin to push the envelope again as to what mechatronics properly consists of. Consider the “loader” in Aliens when Sigourney Weaver starts fighting with the Queen alien. This hydraulic system, once called a “man amplifier” was designed to facilitate moving high loads easily with human dexterity and control. Read more
