Preface of the "Symposium on dependable mechatronic systems"

Abstract

[Excerpt] Mechatronic Systems are systems used commonly in industry nowadays. The most important challenge that designers, developers and manufacturers of such systems deal is that they accomplish the main purposes for which they were developed. One of these main purposes is that those systems must behave as expected and they must be considered dependable systems. In this symposium we focus on aspects related with dependability of mechatronic systems. Aspects such as modeling, design, analysis, synthesis, control and interoperability of industrial mechatronic systems considering the five main domains involved: Mechanics, Electronics, Automation, Control and Informatics are highlighted for improving dependability of mechatronic systems. [...]