Editing Mechatronics (section)

==Description==
[[File:mecha workaround.svg|thumb|Aerial [[Euler diagram]] from [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute|RPI]]'s website describes the fields that make up mechatronics.]]
A mechatronics engineer unites the principles of mechanics, electrical, electronics, and computing to generate a simpler, more economical and reliable system.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/795209909 |title=The mechatronics handbook |date=2008 |publisher=CRC Press |others=Robert H. Bishop |isbn=978-1-4398-3320-9 |edition=2nd |location=Boca Raton, FL |pages=Chapter 1, Page 2 |chapter= |oclc=795209909}}</ref>

[[Engineering cybernetics]] deals with the question of control engineering of mechatronic systems. It is used to control or regulate such a system (see [[control theory]]). Through collaboration, the mechatronic modules perform the production goals and inherit flexible and [[agile manufacturing]] properties in the production scheme. Modern production equipment consists of mechatronic modules that are integrated according to a control architecture. The most known architectures involve [[hierarchy]], [[polyarchy]], [[heterarchy]], and hybrid. The methods for achieving a technical effect are described by control [[algorithm]]s, which might or might not utilize [[formal method]]s in their design. Hybrid systems important to mechatronics include [[Operations management#Production systems|production systems]], synergy drives,
[[Mars Exploration Rover|exploration rovers]], automotive subsystems such as [[anti-lock braking system]]s and spin-assist, and everyday equipment such as autofocus cameras, video, [[hard disk]]s, CD players and phones.