This bookpresents recent advances and developments in control, automation, robotics, andmeasuring techniques. It presents contributions of top experts in the fields,focused on both theory and industrial practice. In particular the book isdevoted to new ideas, challenges, solutions and applications of Mechatronics. Theparticular chapters present a deep analysis of a specific technical problemwhich is in general followed by a numerical analysis and simulation, andresults of an implementation for the solution of a real world problem.The presentedtheoretical results, practical solutions and guidelines will be useful for bothresearchers working in the area of engineering sciences and for practitionerssolving industrial problems.