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Strategic directions for national and European high-tech fields Mechatronics, Robotics and Integronics 

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS FOR NATIONAL AND 

EUROPEAN HIGH-TECH FIELDS MECHATRONICS, 

ROBOTICS AND INTEGRONICS 

Professor PhD. Eng. Gh. I. GHEORGHE, 

1 National Institute of Research and Development for Mechatronics and Measurement Technique – INCDMTM 

Pantelimon 6-8, sector 2, Bucharest, Romania 

Abstract – The scientific paper presents the main 

strategic directions at national and European 

level for advanced high-tech areas mechatronics, 

robotics and integronics which will be the base of 

the new approach to sustainable development 

and global society for present and future. 

Key words – strategic directions, mechatronics, 

robotics, integronics 

1. Introduction 

European and national strategies, through analysis 

and benchmarking, on the new advanced high-tech 

fields with substantial impact on social development 

for present and future, outline the main futurological 

issues and problems: 

‣ development of mechatronics, robotics and 

integronics – as science and integrating 

engineering; 

‣ development of intelligent and automated 

production - focused on theory, practice and 

education; 

‣ integrated manufacturing development – using 

the new generation of systems / whole 

equipments, subsystems and components; 

‣ development of micronanotechnologies and 

nanosciences; 

‣ development of eco-products and ecotechnologies; 

2. European and national strategic directions 

regarding advanced high-tech areas 

For a scientific, technological and economic basis 

regarding the development of society for present and 

future on national and European level, European and 

national strategies (Lisbon, Bologna, Brussels) (PN- 

RDI, NDP) configures the main strategic 

development for advanced high-tech areas: 

(a) development of mechatronics, robotics and 

integronics – as integrative science and engineering; 

Mechatronic, robotic and integronic engineering / 

micro-engineering, advanced high-tech area is used, 

today and in the future, used in intelligent 

manufacturing and automation, in a new vision for 

systemic and synergic integronized a new concept, 

addressing the overall system concept of "System / 

Micro complete product", providing innovative 

solutions priorities useful and efficient for the 

economy, industry and society. 

Practical and flexible application of engineering / 

microengineering of mechatronics, robotics and 

integronics in intelligent and automated 

manufacturing processes in industries, 

manufacturing processes and process measurement / 

adjustment / control and monitoring, creating a new 

industry, a new globalized economy and a new 

information society. 

The new concept promoted by mechatronic, robotic 

and integronic engineering / microengineering refers 

to the synergic integration of advanced fields of 

precision engineering, electronics, electro-technical 

and computer science and the design and 

manufacture of systems and intelligent products with 

self-adjustability, flexibility and mix decision. 

This new concept addressed by the author, apply 

matrix and systemic integration of systems and 

products, the sensoric and actuators architecture, the 

controllers and processors, the full programmability 

processes, interactive communication, selfadjustment 

and self-diagnostics. 

The research made by the author, in advanced hightech 

areas of mechatronics, robotics and integronics, 

lead to integration of the new integrative conception 

into a new vision (of the author) of approaching the 

conceptual global system of “complete products 

systems”, which will insure the inovative priorities 

and useful and efficient solutions, in advanced hightech 

areas. 

This new concept approached by the author and 

especially the concept of creation, by the author, of 

the descriptive thesaurus, for 

the first time, at national as well as European, 

international and world level, has the main 

objectives, as follows: 

‣ improvement and high-tech modernizing of 

systems/products and processes; 

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‣ implementing software for management, 

coordination, evaluation, monitoring and 

decision; 

‣ computerization, automation and virtual 

guidance of system functions and bus 

communication and interactive dialogue; 

‣ self-diagnostics of states and functions in 

complex matrix of system and intelligent and 

automated process; 

‣ mathematical modeling of flexible generation of 

movements / micro-movements (linear and 

angular) and interacting with the environment; 

‣ approach "system" techniques in processing 

information and controlling of decision; 

‣ integrating intelligent interfaces between the 

"decident" and "technological environment", 

with "vital organ" and "anatomical elements 

with many senses" for smart technologic and 

automated systems; 

‣ hybrid design, modular and integrated of 

sensors, actuators, mechatronic devices, 

technical and technological, system hardware, 

smart controllers, smart mobile effectors, 

intelligent electronic units, computer units and 

software process in an inclusive overall 

construction system with new generation 

structures and on logical levels of processing 

and decision; 

The new concept and vision of the author regarding 

mechatronic, robotic and integronic engineering / 

micro-engineering – as integrator domain, used in 

intelligent manufacturing and automations, are 

exemplified, through concrete applications (see fig. 

1) enouncing thus, the future of integrated domain 

for a new globalized and informatized and industry 

and economy. 

Fig. 1 

Mechatronic, robotic and integronic engineering / 

micro-engineering and the vision of the new 

approach for the advanced high-tech domain 

strategies, will include as strategic directions for 

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present and future: 

sensors / micro and nanosensors domain; 

transducers / micro and nanotransducers 

domain; 

actuators / micro and nanoactuators domain; 

MEMS and NEMS domain; 

domain of ultra-accurate micro systems and 

micro-mechanisms; 

domain of micro-systems / micro-equipments of 

integrated control in manufacturing processes; 

micro and nano-robots domain; 

domain of medical and biomedical mechatronic 

micro-systems; 

domain of laser mechatronic micro-systems; 

domain of intelligent micro-systems for 

maintenance, monitoring and self-diagnostic; 

domain of intelligent micro-machines for micro 

and nano-processing; 

domain of intelligent systems for inspection and 

metrological and quality expertise; 

domain of integrated intelligent micro-systems; 

etc. 

(b) Development of intelligent and automatized 

production – focused on theory, practice and 

education 

The future of intelligent and automatized production 

– focused on theory, practice and education is 

provided by integrating science - mechatronics, by 

large and generative approach of technical and 

technological advanced high-tech systems 

corresponding to industrial manufacturing processes, 

technology and technological structure and their 

integronization in order to achieve the required 

performance and competitiveness needs of present 

society and the future. 

Integrating science – mechatronics is found as 

hardware and software solutions, in all industrial, 

macro-scale, medium, small and micro-nano, while 

providing answers to technical and technological 

issues for present and future. 

New generations of mechatronics and integronics 

helps to promote intelligent production and 

automated in full extension, both horizontally and 

vertically, approaching synergistic mix concepts, 

their micro and nano. 

(c) The development of integrated 

manufacturing – by generations of ensemble 

systems/equipments sub-systems and components 

Today, especially in the future, production will yield 

technical and industrial technology as integrated 

manufacturing, based on new principles of absolute 

concentration of the phases and manufacturing 

processes, supported and monitored by high-tech 

advanced technology systems, with assessment and 

diagnostics, the final decision of the production 

process smart. 

Maturation and development for integrated 

manufacturing resort to the design of new 

generations of systems / equipment assembly, 

subsystems and components, such as: 

Advanced high-tech systems for smart 

supplying in manufacturing process; 

Advanced high-tech systems for positioning and 

ultra-accurate technological basis in flexible 

manufacturing processes; 

Advanced high-tech systems for simultaneous 

complex processing in manufacturing processes; 

High-tech advanced systems for integrated 

control in “pre-in-post process system”; 

Advanced high-tech systems for inspection and 

self-diagnosis in smart manufacturing 

processes; 

Advanced high-tech systems for final inspection 

of quality for manufactured intelligent product; 

Advanced high-tech systems for automate 

marking and packaging, to seize the 

manufactured products; 

Advanced high-tech systems for handling and 

transportation, in full security and safety. 

Today and tomorrow, priority integrated industrial 

and strategic sectors for achieving competitiveness 

and productivity levels appropriate performance of 

the new economy, new industries and new present 

and future society. 

(d) Development of micro&nanotechnologies and 

nano-sciences 

Today, the integrated domain – mechatronics, 

developed and applied to achieve intelligent 

mechatronic products new generation of micro and 

nano structures, appropriate technologies and 

systems and processing equipment and ultra-precise 

micro processing in correspondence with levels of 

overall quality and competitiveness high and high 

added value. 

Advanced micro and nano technologies, currently 

use for integrated field of Mechatronics, the 

following: 

micro and technologies, for intelligent 

mechatronic micro-systems, for obtaining thin 

layers, by using the mix of micro-mechanical 

techniques, optical integrated, hydro-pneumatic, 

electronic and computerized; 

advanced micro and nano technologies, based 

on information techniques, of interconnecting 

and encapsulation; 

advanced micro and nano technologies, for key 

manufacturing processes components and micro 

components, based on special characteristics of 

silicon and on silicon manufacturing techniques, 

doping, lithography, chemical etching and dry 

lift-off technique, micro-processing technology 

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area and volume and LIGA (X-ray lithography, 

micro galvanic modeling plastic sacrificial 

LIGA technique, etc. 

advanced micro and nano technologies for the 

manufacture of MEMS and NEMS, micro 

architectures using actuators (electrostatic, 

piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, electromagnetic, 

thermomechanical, electro-rheological, 

hydraulic and pneumatic, chemical-based SMA, 

etc..) of micro-sensors (the force and pressure, 

position and speed, acceleration, chemical and 

biosensors, temperature, flow, etc..), the MST 

and processing information (fuzzy logic, 

artificial neural network approaches mix's 

neuro-fuzzy, etc.) and micro - nano robotics. 

advanced micro and nano-technologies, for 

intelligent mechatronic systems, for 

environmental technology, environment and 

biotechnologies, vehicle technology, 

manufacturing and metrology; 


on millimachines (1 ÷ 10 mm), micro machines 

(1μm ÷ 1 mm) and nano-machines (1 mm ÷ 

1μm); 

other micro and nano technologies created for 

the immediate future of mechatronic integrated 

domain based on: 

‣ new approaches and materials synthesis; 

‣ carbon nano tubes (structure / synthesis / micro 

mechanisms / properties / applications, etc..) 

‣ manufacture of nano structures in 3 D; 

‣ nanometers; 

‣ new generation of materials, components and 

subsystems; 

‣ nanotribology ; 

‣ nano-lubrication; 

‣ etc. 


on new scientifical discoveries, technical and 

technological for the future “integronic 

products” and for the INTEGRATOR MIX 

domain – INTEGRONICS. 

(e) development of eco-products and ecotechnologies. 

Advanced high-tech areas - mechatronics, robotics 

and integronics, in accordance with the current 

information society needs, develop strategic 

direction on all national, European and international 

eco-systems products and eco-friendly character 

based safety and security for the people, process, 

environment and society. 

Products, materials and technologies from industrial 

sectors HIGH-TECH ADVANCED - Mechatronics, 

Robotics and INTEGRONICS used today and in the 

future in "ECO concept", manifest through the 

applications, effects and their impact on society, 

human security and overall security, processes, 

environment and society. 

3. Conclusions: 

National and European strategic directions regarding 

advanced high-tech domains – mechatronic, robotic 

and integronic, enounced in this paper, provide in 

the same geographical vectors: 

‣ the new global concept of “complete products 

systems”; 

‣ intelligent and automatized manufacturing; 

‣ the new systemic and synergetic vision of 

advanced high-tech domains; 

‣ the new approach for a new industry, a new 

globalized economy and a new information 

society; 

‣ approaching new developments and 

modernizations of systems / products and 

processes; 

‣ implementing new software for management, 

coordination, monitoring and decision; 

‣ identifying mixes of new concepts and adaptive 

and generative engineering techniques; 

‣ the success of «Research – Manufacturing – 

Transfer» triad in advanced high-tech domains; 

‣ the success of “INCDMTM philosophy” 

regarding high-tech domains Mechatronics, 

Robotics and Integronics, of realizing 

mechatronic, robotic and integronic 

technologies and products with real, inovative 

and efficient contributions regarding 

competitivity, credibility, maintenance, 

traceability, dependability, accuracy, reliability, 

resolution, evaluation, diagnostics, monitoring 

and decision. 

‣ specialization of excellence "mechatronic 

engineer" now and " integronic engineer" for the 

future; 

‣ multidisciplinary underlying and motivation of 

integrating field mechatronics, robotics and 

integronics, similar to human body, behavior 

and expression of intellectual state, physical, 

moral, social and human etc. 

4. References 

[1] Sergey Fatikow, Ulrich Rembold: Tehnologia 

Microsistemelor şi Microrobotică; E.T. 

Bucureşti; 1999, ISBN: 973-31-1387-5 

[2] Bharat, Bhushan: Handbook of 

Nanotechnology; E. Springer.com, Germania; 

2006; ISBN : 3-540-29855-x; 

[3] Gh. Ion, Gheorghe: Manualul inginerului de 

Mecanică Fină, Mecatronică şi Integronică, Vol. 

I şi Vol. II; Ed. CEFIN, Bucureşti, 2006; ISBN: 

978-973-87042-6-x; 978-973-87042-6-x 

[4] *** Programul European FP7- U.E:; Bruxelles, 

Belgia; 2006; 

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