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
Hysteresis and vibration compensation in piezoelectric actuators by integrating charge control and inverse feedforward Proceedings Article
In: Proc. IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems, pp. 812-818, Heidelberg, Germany, 2006.
High-performance control of a PZT Scanner Proceedings Article
In: Proc. IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems, Heidelberg, Germany, 2006.
Optimal sensorless shunts for vibration damping of a piezoelectric tube nanopositioner Proceedings Article
In: Proc. International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, Taipei, Taiwan, 2006.
Mitigation of acoustic resonance using electrically shunted loudspeakers Proceedings Article
In: Proc. SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures & Materials -- Damping and Isolation, San Diego, CA, 2006.
Synthesis and implementation of sensor-less active shunt controllers for electromagnetically actuated systems Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 246–261, 2005.
Passive vibration control via electromagnetic shunt damping Journal Article
In: IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 118–122, 2005.