Biomechatronics

Biomechatronics combines biology, mechanics, electronics, and control engineering to create systems that interact with living organisms, including assistive devices and biologically inspired machines.

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Electromyography: Electromyography records electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles. Muscle signals can provide control inputs for biomechatronic devices.
Powered exoskeleton: A powered exoskeleton is a wearable machine that assists or augments body movement. It applies biomechatronic sensing and actuation directly to human joints.
Biomechanics: Biomechanics applies mechanical principles to living organisms and biological structures. It supplies models of the forces and motions devices must accommodate.
Robotics: Robotics studies the design, construction, and operation of programmable machines that perform tasks. Biomechatronic systems specifically account for interaction with living organisms.
Biocompatibility: Biocompatibility is a material or device's ability to perform in a biological setting without causing unacceptable harm. Long-term contact with tissue makes compatibility a core design constraint.
Human–machine interface: A human–machine interface enables information or commands to pass between a person and a device. It carries intent and feedback between a living user and a machine.
Prosthesis: A prosthesis is an artificial replacement for a missing body part. Biomechatronics informs prostheses that sense user intent and produce controlled movement.
Mechatronics: Mechatronics integrates mechanical engineering, electronics, computing, and control in engineered systems. Biomechatronics extends this integration to systems coupled with living organisms.
Bio-inspired robotics: Bio-inspired robotics uses principles observed in organisms to design robotic systems. It borrows from biology, while biomechatronics also connects machines to living users or tissues.
Neural engineering: Neural engineering applies engineering methods to understand, repair, or interface with nervous systems. Neural interfaces raise open questions about signal quality, tissue response, and long-term stability.