"Keep Calm I'm A Mechatronic Engineer"

         Mechatronics is a blend of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer control and information technology. Mechatronics is a design process to create more functional and adaptable products. The word was first coined in Japan in the 1960s to refer to the synergistic blend of mechanics and electronics. But over the years mechatronics has come to mean a methodology for designing products that exhibit fast, precise performance. These characteristics can be achieved by considering not only the mechanical design, but also the use of servo controls, sensors, and electronics.

Mechatronics was first used in terms of the computer control of electric motors by an engineer at Japan’s Yaskawa Electric Co. Many engineers contend that mechatronics grew out of robotics. Early robotic arms, then unable to coordinate their movements without sensory feedback, benefited greatly from advances in kinematics, dynamics, controls, sensor technology, and high-level programming. During the 1970s, mechatronics was concerned with servo technology used in products such as automatic door openers, vending machines, and autofocus cameras. In the 1980s, as information technology was introduced, engineers began to embed microprocessors in mechanical systems to improve their performance. The 1990s saw the full arrival of the mechatronic age because of the increased use of computational intelligence in mechatronic products and systems.

Now, at this moment this course is now being offer to Cebu Technological University-Main Campus.