Department of Mechatronic Engineering

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The term mechatronic is used to describe the integration of control systems based on microprocessors, electronic and mechanical systems. A mechatronic system is not simply the union of electronic and mechanical systems and is more than a simple control system: it is the complete integration of all of the above (see W. Bolton in [1]).

A common consensus to describe mechatronics as an integrated discipline of the areas of mechanics, electronics and computing whose objective is to provide better products, processes and systems. Mechatronics is not just a new branch of engineering, but a recently developed concept which emphasizes the need for integration and of intensive interaction between the different areas of engineering.

“Mechatronics is the combination of synergies of mechanical engineering of precision, of electronics, of automatic control and of the systems used for the design of products and processes”. Obviously, other versions of this definition exist, but it is clearly emphasized that mechatronics is directed at design and applications (see J.A. Rietdijk in [2]).

[1] W. Bolton, "Mecatrónica", Alfaomega, Mexico, 2001.
[2] J.A. Rietdijk "Ten propositions on mechatronics",
en Mechatronics in Products and Manufacturing Conference,
Lancenter, Inglaterra, 1989.

Publications

• W.C.P.M. Blondel, Ch. Daul, S. Villette, R. Miranda-Luna, Y. Hernandez-Mier, G. Bourg-Heckly et D.Wolf; Spectro-imagerie endoscopique d´autofluorescence et cartographie 2D pour la localisation et le diagnostic in situ de lésions cancéreuses(Autofluorescence endoscopic spectro-imaging and 2D-cartography for in situ localisation and diagnosis of cancerous lesions); Traitement du Signal; ISSN : 0765-0019;Vol. 23; No. 3-4; pp. 213-233; 2006.
• Rosebet Miranda-Luna, Walter Blondel, Christian Daul, Yahir Hernandez, Ruben Posada, Didier Wolf; A SIMPLIFIED METHOD OF ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE DISTORTION CORRECTION BASED ON GREY LEVEL REGISTRATION; ICIP2004 (2004 International Conference on Image Processing); October 24-27, 2004 Singapore.
• Ruben Posada, Christian Daul, Didier Wolf, Pierre Aletti, Rosebet Miranda; TOWARDS A FRACTIONED TREATMENT IN CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY USING 3D-MULTIMODAL DATA REGISTRATION; ICIP2004 (2004 International Conference on Image Processing); October 24-27, 2004 Singapore.
• R. Posada, C. Daul, D. Wolf, R. Miranda, L. Leija. Data Down Sampling for a Fast Registration of 3D-Medical Images in Radiotherapy. International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICEEE) and X Conference on Electrical Engineering (CIE 2004). Acapulco, Guerrero; México. September 8-10, 2004. pp. 456-460. 2004.
• Orantes Molina Antonio, Sensor Location For Fault Detection Based In Learning Algorithm And The Information Theory, CIICC'06, 13th. International Congress on Computer Science Research (CIICC'06), noviembre 2006, Tampico, Tamaulipas, México.
• J. Linares-Flores, H. Sira-Ramírez, DC motor velocity control through a DC-to-DC power converter for the 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control December 14-17, 2004 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas.
• Linares-Flores, J. Reger, H. Sira-Ramírez, A time-varying linear state feedback tracking controller for a Boost-converter driven DC machine for 4th IFAC-Symposium on Mechatronic Systems Heidelberg, Germany, September 12th-14th, 2006.
• J. Linares-Flores, J. Reger, H. Sira-Ramírez, An exact tracking error dynamics passive output feedback controller for a Buck-Boost-converter driven DC motora for IEEE International Power Electronics Congress, Cholula, Pue. México October 16-18, 2006.
• J. Linares-Flores, J. Reger, H. Sira-Ramírez, Sensorless tracking control of two DC-drives via a double Buck-converter for 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, USA. Dec. 13-15, 2006.

Fields of Research

The Department of Mechatronic Engineering supports five fields of research:

• Soft starting control of electrical machines through power converters.
• Three-phase power active filters to correct the power factor and harmonics in the three-phase network.
• Automation and diagnostics of complicated processes.
• Robotics and unaligned control systems.
• Processing digital images.