REN-CHYUAN LUOYi Ven. Peng2018-09-102018-09-102011-0119324529http://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/366609https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-80054702411&doi=10.1109%2fMIE.2011.942174&partnerID=40&md5=c6eeb6866192d45c0bc6a00224c2593bMechatronics and robotics remain the key sciences of the 21st century because they bring forth all the comforts in life and solve many inconveniences. The challenges and future perspectives for the forthcoming applications and requests are described in this article. © 2011 IEEE.Future perspectives; Mechatronics and robotics; Robotics; Mechatronicsjournal article10.1109/MIE.2011.9421742-s2.0-80054702411