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英 文 翻 译 INTRODUCTION TO MECHATRONICS 1: What Is Mechatronics? Michatronics is a term coined by the Japanese to describe the integration of mechanical and electronics engineering. The concept may seem to be anything but new ,since we can all look around us and see a myriad of products that utilize both mechanical and electronic dis- cipplines. Mechatronics,however ,specifically refers to a multidisciplined ,integrated approach to product and manufacturing system design .It represents the next generation of machines, robots ,and smart mechanisms necessary for carrying out work in a variety of environments- primarily ,factory automation ,office automation ,and home automation as show in Figure 1. By both implication and application ,mechatronics represents a new level of integration for advanced manufacturing technology and processes .The intent is to force a multidisciplinary approach to these syetems as well as to reemphasize the role of process understanding and control .This mechatronic approach is currently speeding up the already-rapid Japanese process for trasforming ideas into products . Currently ,mechatronics describes the Japanese practice of useing fully intefrated teams of product designers ,manufactring, purchasing, and marketing personnel acting in concert with each other to design both the product and the manufacturing syestem. The Japanese recognized that the future in producdtion innovation would belong to those who learned how to optimize the marriage beween eletronic and mechanical systems.They realized,in particular ,that the need for this optimizatong would be most intense in application of advanced manufacturing and production systems where artificial intelligence ,expert systems ,smart robots, and advanced manufacturing technology systems would create the next generation of tools to be used in the factory of the future. From the very beginnings of recorded time ,mechanical systems have found the