Guest Editorial Advanced Mechatronics in Research and Industrial Applications

The six papers in this special section focus on the use of advanced mechatronics in research and industrial applications. Mechatronics has evolved during the last few decades to become well recognized as a philosophy of design and an engineering discipline. It has emerged through the philosophy of concurrent design of mechanics, electronics, and computer of a system for an integrated and efficient approach to system design. Most universities nowadays offer a degree in mechatronics. This stems from the fact that as technology progresses, the traditional barriers between engineering disciplines are dimensioning. Mechatronics evolution went through many stages to reach its current advanced stage.