Mechatronics, which is based on the integration of mechanical, electronic, computer, and software technologies, is an interdisciplinary field of engineering used to build advanced products, processes, and systems. With its structure encompassing multiple branches of engineering, it also contributes to the advancement of the engineering fields it incorporates.
Systems composed of mechanical and electronic components, which sense data from the surrounding environment through sensors, interpret the collected data using control hardware and software to make necessary decisions, and provide the desired responses through actuators, are examples of mechatronic systems.
Mechatronics education aims to train engineers who can use the underlying technologies required to create "intelligent" electromechanical systems and carry out product design, by presenting mechanical, electrical, electronic, and computer engineering in a meaningful and integrated manner.
Future mechatronics engineers should be individuals who can solve the problems they encounter by selecting and utilizing the necessary technologies, easily navigate between different core engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, and computer science), and solve these problems with the best possible approach.