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Highlights in Mechatronic Design Approaches

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Abstract

In the recent years a major change in the engineering process of mechatronics and robotics has taken place. In various design oriented laboratories around the world a shift can be recognised from a focus on analysis, simulation and modelling combined with outsourcing hardware design to the use of digital fabrication tools (laser cutter, 3D printer) allowing a cyclic (iterative) design process inside in the lab. This chapter aims to give an overview of the impact of this change, using many examples from various projects, and will share some insights and lessons learned for facilitating and implementing this process.

From the ‘first time right’ approach to iterative design - where mechatronic design meets the maker movement

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    http://www.20sim.com

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pistorius

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    http://www.kiwa.nl

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_culture

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    http://www.stratasys.com/

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fab_lab

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino

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    http://www.kicad-pcb.org

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  1. Robotics and Mechatronics Group, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Edwin Dertien & Stefano Stramigioli

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  1. York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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  2. University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

    Bin Wei

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Dertien, E., Stramigioli, S. (2017). Highlights in Mechatronic Design Approaches. In: Zhang, D., Wei, B. (eds) Advanced Mechatronics and MEMS Devices II. Microsystems and Nanosystems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32180-6_3

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