Mechatronics Practice Test: Mechatronics Approach to Design — Flashcards

Mechatronics design is a multidisciplinary engineering field that involves integrating different domains, such as:

The mechatronics design approach uses a model-based approach that relies heavily on modeling and simulation. The prototyping step accounts for unmodeled errors, and their effects are absorbed into the design. 

Mechatronics design involves the following steps:
- Think about how the required function can be realized by combining different subsystems according to a Systems Engineering approach (V-model)
- Use a model-based approach that relies heavily on modeling and simulation
- Account for unmodeled errors in the prototyping step
- Absorb the effects of unmodeled errors into the design
- Use an integrated system engineering approach to trace customer requirements through to a finished design
- Use open interfaces to other tools
- Use physics-based simulation capability to quickly create and validate alternative design concepts early in the development cycle