Abstract
This essay touches the past, present and future while reviewing my experience in the area of mechanical system controls over the last two decades. Applications of adaptive control theory to mechanical systems are emphasized throughout this article; Ioan Landau introduced me to the world of adaptive control twenty years ago, which is an important “past” event in my professional career. The word “Mechatronics” is gaining increasing popularity among systems and control engineers, in particular in the mechanical engineering community. While my professional career has been in the field of dynamic systems and control, many of my past and present works are relevant to mechatronics. As long as the common understanding of “mechatronics” has evolved to intersect with the analysis and design of mechanical control systems, it provides an excellent framework to discuss the “present” and “future” direction of control of mechanical systems.
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