Are robotics and mechatronics engineering same?

Mechatronics is a multi-faceted field. It makes you a jack of many trades. For example, I have learned about motors, control systems, software development for making things autonomous, sensors and how to use them, electronic components and embedded hardware, kinematics, and dynamics of systems and CAD. So with this sort of knowledge, you fill roles where cross-platform expertise is demanded. A person who has some knowledge of other branches of engineering is always highly respected. You could specialise in control systems, and yet show how these can be integrated into the software side. Or you could propose how the control system can be implemented as hardware using digital electronics. One of the biggest applications of mechatronics is robotics. Robotics could be a mix of hardware and software, like manipulator robotics, where the robot performs a certain task using hardware/ manipulators, or it could be highly software-oriented, like machine learning, where the purpose is to analyse data to make decisions.

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