Welcome to the Precision Mechatronics Lab at the University of Newcastle
Conferences
IEEE International Conference On Mechatronics – Loughborough, UK, March 15-17, 2023
IEEE International Conference On Mechatronics - Loughborough, UK, March 15-17, 2023. IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics 2023 (IEEE ICM 2023) continues a series of biennial conferences dedicated to recent and [...]
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
News
Soft Robotic Manta Rays
PhD student Matheus Xavier introduces his research on soft robotic manta rays for low-impact exploration [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Double ARC Grants for the Precision Mechatronics Lab
The Precision Mechatronics Lab was successful in receiving a 2021 ARC DP and a 2021 ARC LIEF grant.
Seminars
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Double ARC Grants for the Precision Mechatronics Lab
The Precision Mechatronics Lab was successful in receiving a 2021 ARC DP and a 2021 ARC LIEF grant.
Recent Publications
Workspace investigation of a 3 DOF compliant micro-motion stage Proceedings Article
In: International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Kunming, China, pp. 1279-1284, 2004.
Position control of a 3 DOF compliant micro-motion stage Proceedings Article
In: International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Kunming, China, pp. 1274-1278, 2004.
A three-DOF compliant micromotion stage with flexure hinges Journal Article
In: Industrial Robot, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 355-361, 2004.
Spatial Control of Vibration: Theory and Experiments Book
World Scientific, 2003, ISBN: 981-238-337-9.
Loop closure theory in deriving linear and simple kinematic model for a 3 DOF parallel micromanipulator Proceedings Article
In: Proc. SPIE on Device and Process Technologies for MEMS, Microelectronics, and Photonics III, Perth, Australia, pp. 57-66, 2003.
Spatial system identification of a simply supported beam and a trapezoidal cantilever plate Proceedings Article
In: Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, 2003.