Mechatronic TipsEditor, Steve Meyer
Steve Meyer covers the world of mechatronics, design, renewable energy, robotics, automation, motion, sensors and featured commentary.
Steve Meyer covers the world of mechatronics, design, renewable energy, robotics, automation, motion, sensors and featured commentary.
The Future of Work
Sunday, June 16, 2013
The future of work is in doubt. All you have to do is check the unemployment figures. Well, you need to really check the unemployment figures because the…
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Work
Sunday, June 9, 2013
We are makers of machines. It is one of the many defining characteristics of mankind. My guess is that we create machines primarily out of a desire to…
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Which Industrial Revolution is This?
Sunday, June 2, 2013
There has been some press recently around the announced 4th Industrial Revolution currently under way. From what I have read so far, this has been general marketing hype…
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Power Delivery and the Grid 2.0
Sunday, May 26, 2013
The energy infrastructure of the United States is aging. Since the beginning of the 1900′s and Edison’s light bulb delivering reliable power has been a major industry. One…
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Jobless Recovery?
Sunday, May 19, 2013
A lot of commentary about jobless recovery recently. It brings to mind many comments from politicians campaging for election. They are going to bring jobs back to America….
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Starting and Stopping – Part 2
Sunday, May 12, 2013
It seems trite to say that Newton’s basic laws of motion still haven’t changed. A body in motion tends to stay in motion, except when it hits something…
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Starting and Stopping
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Cars guys will sometimes say that the worst thing you can do is start your car. This is because after sitting still for any length of time, at…
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Additive Manufacturing in the Real World
Sunday, April 28, 2013
There is no doubt that additive processing will dramatically change the future of manufacturing. If you consider the original stereo lithography polymer proces, 3D printing, one example of…
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Mechanics of Control
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Just as mechanical definitions are critical in motion control systems, mechanical definitions have an incredibly important role to play in control systems as well. I was reminded of…
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Cars and Reliability – Part 2
Sunday, April 14, 2013
One aspect of reliability is simplicity. Simple mathematics. If there are fewer parts, there are fewer things to go wrong. Yet the internal combustion engine, not to mention…
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