Cars guys will sometimes say that the worst thing you can do is start your car. This is because after sitting still for any length of time, at…
Machine builders use mechatronics
April 30, 2013 :
The origination of the term “mechatronics” is credited to Tetsuro Mori, an engineer at the Japanese company Yaskawa, in 1969, who was working to develop an industrial robot….
Additive Manufacturing in the Real World
April 28, 2013 :
There is no doubt that additive processing will dramatically change the future of manufacturing. If you consider the original stereo lithography polymer proces, 3D printing, one example of…
Omron Foundation Helps Establish the “Omron Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory”
April 22, 2013 :
The new Omron Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory at Northern Illinois University’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) was unveiled during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, April…
Mechanics of Control
April 20, 2013 :
Just as mechanical definitions are critical in motion control systems, mechanical definitions have an incredibly important role to play in control systems as well. I was reminded of…
Cars and Reliability – Part 2
April 14, 2013 :
One aspect of reliability is simplicity. Simple mathematics. If there are fewer parts, there are fewer things to go wrong. Yet the internal combustion engine, not to mention…
Cars and Reliability
April 7, 2013 :
Today’s cars are extremely complex assemblies of all kinds of mechatronic systems. Toyota says their average car contains about 30,000 parts if you include all the screws and…
Renewable Energy Future
March 31, 2013 :
What is the current state of renewable energy in the US? Depending on who you listen to, 2012 could have been the best year ever, and 2013 is…
What’s Next for Machine Controllers
March 24, 2013 :
In the world of Industrial Controls, the traditional platform has been the PLC. This control was initially the by-product of decades of hard wired automation based on relay…
Starting and Stopping – Part 2
It seems trite to say that Newton’s basic laws of motion still haven’t changed. A body in motion tends to stay in motion, except when it hits something…
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