The loneliness of the long-distance robot: A Cornell University robot named Ranger walked 14.3 miles in about 11 hours, setting an unofficial world record at Cornell’s Barton Hall early on July 6. A human – armed with nothing more than a standard remote control for toys – steered the untethered robot. Ranger navigated 108.5 times […]
The Future of Mechatronic Design
I think mechatronics generally begins with mechanical design. That’s just my perspective, it may differ in your experience. If its a power window in a car, a hard disk drive platter machine, a blender, an amusement park ride or display, a surgical robot, whatever. They all start with mechanical design, performance goals and boundary […]
Ensure Gear Reducers Contribute to System Efficiency
More than $30 billion is spent on electricity dedicated to electric driven systems, of which, nearly 70% goes to motor systems. There are ways to reduce this cost in your motion based mechatronics system. By Alex Howe, Application Engineer US WITTENSTEIN Group Motor-driven equipment in manufacturing currently accounts for more than 2.3 quads, or 2.3 […]