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
Control oriented synthesis of high performance piezoelectric shunt impedances for structural vibration control Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 98–112, 2005.
A grounded load charge amplifier for reducing hysteresis in piezoelectric tube scanners Journal Article
In: Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 76, no. 7, pp. 073707(1-5), 2005.
Sensor-less vibration suppression and scan compensation for piezoelectric tube nanopositioners Proceedings Article
In: Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Seville, Spain, 2005.
PPF control of a piezoelectric tube scanner Proceedings Article
In: Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Seville, Spain, 2005.
Proof-mass inertial vibration control using a shunted electromagnetic transducer Proceedings Article
In: Proc. IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 2005.
Application of MPC to an active structure using sampling rates up to 25kHz Proceedings Article
In: Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, pp. 3176–3181, Seville, Spain, 2005.