Welcome to the Precision Mechatronics Lab at the University of Newcastle

We are multidisciplinary group of electrical engineers, mechanical engineers and physicists developing new mechatronic and robotic technologies for fabrication, imaging, and health care

Conferences

Micromechatronic Systems at IFAC World Congress, 2020

Join us for the open track sessions on Modeling, Identification, Estimation and Control in Micromechatronic Systems, at IFAC World Congress 2020, in Berlin, Germany. Organizers: Prof Helon Vicente Hultmann Ayala, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio [...]

News

Soft Robotic Manta Rays

PhD student Matheus Xavier introduces his research on soft robotic manta rays for low-impact exploration in sensitive underwater environments. Watch the video. https://youtu.be/BAN7ZxoomYo

Dr Michael Ruppert elected as Fresh Scientist for 2021

Doctor Michael Ruppert has been announced as one of the 2021 Fresh Scientists. This program is run by Science in Public and aims to upskill Early Career Researchers into science communicators. Michael is an Early Career [...]

Matheus Xavier Wins School Heat of the 3 Minute Thesis

Matheus from the Precision Mechatronics Lab wins the school heat at the University of Newcastle of the 2021 3 Minute Thesis Competition.   With his talk titled "Soft Medical Robots: A Bioinspired Revolution" - Matheus [...]

Seminars

Harm Schepens: Ultrasonic Orthopaedic Implant Release

Date & Venue Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 02:00pm EF122  Abstract In order to recover from fractures suffered in the limbs, intramedullary (IM) rods are inserted into the bone marrow canal. When in place, the IM [...]

Publications

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L. R. McCourt; B. S. Routley; M. G. Ruppert; A. J. Fleming

Feasibility of gold nanocones for collocated tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscope imaging Journal Article Forthcoming

In: Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Forthcoming, ISSN: 1097-4555.

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Feasibility of gold nanocones for collocated tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscope imaging

Y. K. Yong; A. A. Eielsen; A. J. Fleming

Thermal Protection of Piezoelectric Actuators Using Complex Electrical Power Measurements and Simplified Thermal Models Journal Article Forthcoming

In: IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Forthcoming, ISBN: 1083-4435.

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Thermal Protection of Piezoelectric Actuators Using Complex Electrical Power Measurements and Simplified Thermal Models

M. S. Xavier; S. Harrison; D. Howard; Y. K. Yong; A. J. Fleming

Modeling of soft fluidic actuators using fluid-structure interaction simulations with underwater applications Journal Article

In: International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 255, iss. 108437, pp. 1-11, 2023, ISSN: 1879-2162.

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Modeling of soft fluidic actuators using fluid-structure interaction simulations with underwater applications

L. R. McCourt; B. S. Routley; M. G. Ruppert; V. J. Keast; C. I. Sathish; R. Borah; R. V. Goreham; A. J. Fleming

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as One-Dimensional Scattering Surfaces for Measuring Point Spread Functions and Performance of Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Probes Journal Article

In: ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol. 5, iss. 7, pp. 9024-9033, 2022, ISSN: 2574-0970.

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Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as One-Dimensional Scattering Surfaces for Measuring Point Spread Functions and Performance of Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Probes

M. R. P. Ragazzon; S. Messineo; J. T. Gravdahl; D. M. Harcombe; M. G. Ruppert

The Generalized Lyapunov Demodulator: High-Bandwidth, Low-Noise Amplitude and Phase Estimation Journal Article

In: IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems, 2022.

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The Generalized Lyapunov Demodulator: High-Bandwidth, Low-Noise Amplitude and Phase Estimation
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