Introduction

The following sections are included:

• Advanced Mechatronics Systems

  • Monitoring and Control of Distributed Parameters Systems

• Signals versus Power Transmission. Lumped Parameters Modeling of Mechatronic Systems

  • Effort Flow Variables and Two Port Models

  • Newton-Euler and Kirchhoff Equations for a Mixed Electro-Mechanical System

  • Lagrange Equations for a Mixed Electro-Mechanical System

• Local Sensing and Actuation in Spatially Continuous Systems

  • Lumped Parameters Models with Under-Actuation and Under-Sensing

  • Distributed Parameters Models with Under-Actuation and Under-Sensing

• Centralized versus Local Control

• Problems