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
Thermal Protection of Piezoelectric Actuators Using Complex Electrical Power Measurements and Simplified Thermal Models Journal Article
In: IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (Early Access), 2023.

Modeling of soft fluidic actuators using fluid-structure interaction simulations with underwater applications Journal Article
In: International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2023.

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

The Generalized Lyapunov Demodulator: High-Bandwidth, Low-Noise Amplitude and Phase Estimation Journal Article
In: IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems, 2022.

Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review of Design, Fabrication, Modeling, Sensing, Control and Applications Journal Article
In: IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 59442-59485, 2022, ISSN: 2169-3536.

Memory efficient constrained optimization of scanning-beam lithography Journal Article
In: Optics Express, vol. 30, no. 12, pp. 20564–20579, 2022, ISSN: 1094-4087.
