机床(Machine Tool),过去译为“工具机”,意为机床与工具的组合。七十年代以来,机床应用电子技术者日益增多,引出对机床概念的新变化。最近日本大阪机床展览会,展出机床绝大部分应用电子技术,内有70％为数控机床,因此日本人对机床创造了一个新名词,称为Machatronies, Machine Tool, used to be translated as a “machine tool,” meaning a combination of a machine tool and a tool. Since the 1970s, the number of machine-applied electronics technicians has been increasing, leading to new changes in the concept of machine tools. Recently Japan Osaka Machine Tool Show, the vast majority of machine tools on display electronic technology, there are 70% of CNC machine tools, so the Japanese created a new term machine tool, called Machatronies,