Quantum Mechatronics

Creators: Lamata, Lucas; Quadrelli, Marco B.; de Silva, Clarence W.; Kumar, Prem; Kanter, Gregory S.; Ghazinejad, Maziar; Khoshnoud, Farbod

Abstract

Mechatronics systems, a macroscopic domain, aim at producing highly efficient engineering platforms, with applications in a variety of industries and situations. On the other hand, quantum technologies, a microscopic domain, are emerging as a promising avenue to speed up computations and perform more efficient sensing. Recently, these two fields have started to merge in a novel area: quantum mechatronics. In this review article, we describe some developments produced so far in this respect, including early steps into quantum robotics, macroscopic actuators via quantum effects, as well as educational initiatives in quantum mechatronics.

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© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Received: 7 September 2021; Accepted: 6 October 2021; Published: 12 October 2021. L.L. acknowledges the funding by PGC2018-095113-B-I00, PID2019-104002GB-C21, PID2019-104002GB-C22 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE) and P20_00617 (Junta de Andalucía). U.S. Government sponsorship acknowledged. The contribution by M.B.Q. was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. M.G. appreciates the support of UCSD's CDIIP and Changemaker programs. F.K. would like to acknowledge Ganpat and Manju for their generous endowment to the Cal Poly Pomona for the Ganpat and Manju Center for International Collaboration and Innovation, and the support by Cal Poly Pomona grant Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience. Author Contributions: Conceptualization, L.L., M.B.Q., C.W.d.S., P.K., G.S.K., M.G. and F.K.; methodology, L.L., M.B.Q., C.W.d.S., P.K., G.S.K., M.G. and F.K.; writing—original draft preparation, L.L., M.B.Q., C.W.d.S., P.K., G.S.K., M.G. and F.K.; writing—review and editing, L.L., M.B.Q., C.W.d.S., P.K., G.S.K., M.G. and F.K. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. The authors declare no conflict of interest. Institutional Review Board Statement: Not applicable. Informed Consent Statement: Not applicable.

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