1. Mori T. Yaskawa Internal Trademark Application Memo, 21.131.01, July 1969.
2. Mecha … what?;Comerford;IEEE Spectrum,1994
3. Rohde T. The Straight on mechatronics—Yaskawa. The company that invented the term, describes its evolution, under: 〈http://yaskawa.com/site/products.nsf/staticPagesNewWindow/mechatronics.html〉, 10th April 2010.
4. ACATECH, Intelligente Objekte—klein, vernetzt, sensitiv—Eine neue Technologie verändert die Gesellschaft und fordert zur Gestaltung heraus, acatech bezieht Position No. 5, Springer, Berlin, 2009.
5. Cyber-physical systems—Innovationen durch softwareintensive eingebettete Systeme, acatech DISKUTIERT;Broy,2010