To change gears with a manual transmission, drivers must depress a third pedal that controls the vehicleâs clutch, the mechanical device connecting the carâs engine to the gearbox. By doing so, the driver temporarily disconnects the engine from the transmission during which time the driver is able to shift gears up or down using the gearstick.
(May 2014). Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field of engineering that includes a combination of systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, control engineering and computer engineering.As technology advances the subfields of engineering multiply and adapt.he term mechatronics was coined by Tetsuro Mori, the senior engineer of the Japanese company Yaskawa in 1969. An industrial robot is a prime example of a mechatronics system; it includes aspects of electronics, mechanics, and computing to do its day-to-day jobs.
The Mechatronics program at the University of Waterloo is administered by department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering. The Mechatronics program differs very significantly from the Mechanical Engineering program in the courses that students take.Half of the second and third year courses in the Mechatronics program are provided by the Systems Design Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering departments.he Mechatronics program differs very significantly from the Mechanical Engineering program in the courses that students take. Half of the second and third year courses in the Mechatronics program are provided by the Systems Design Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering departments.