This contribution summarizes the current state of research regarding so‐called sensor‐
integrating machine elements as an enabler of digitalization in mechanical engineering and …

The fourth industrial revolution is shaping a new industrial landscape. A variety of
technologies related to software, information and communication technologies embody a …

Abstract Automated Production Systems (aPS) have lifetimes of up to 30–50 years,
throughout which the desired products change ever more frequently. This requires flexible …

Multidisciplinary, large scale, and dynamic essence of production-logistic systems make
their design knowledge complex. As a result, designers from different disciplines mostly …

Featured Application The presented results were used to design innovative mechatronic
solutions: motion control algorithm of 5-axis feed drive “X-5” processing centre owned by the …

This article presents a process for the design of innovative mechatronic products that
integrates techniques of Design Thinking, Concurrent Engineering and Agilism to …

Complexity is often regarded as a “problem” to solve. Instead of attempting to solve
complexity, we follow systems engineering practices and switch back to the problem …

The ever-growing interest toward energy efficiency imposes the optimization of mechanism
design under an energetic point of view. Even if the benefit of using spring balancing …

Increasing performance demands and constraints are necessitating the design of highly
complex, integrated systems across multiple sectors, including transportation and energy …

Models of technical systems are an essential means in design and product-development
processes. A large share of technical systems, or at least subsystems, are directly or …