The Mechatronic Page

Here are a few projects that I have worked on which don't specifically fall under any other category and so are lumped together under the "mechatronic title". Actually, it's a term I don't like as I feel it's what good engineers have always done, weld together technologies from more than one discipline to produce a better solution. If you want an enlarged version of any of the pictures just click on them.

	This is an electro-mechanical linear actuator that was built into the suspension unit on a Formula 1 race-car. The actuator was used to provide ride height control of the suspension prior to the introduction and subsequent banning of fully active suspension.			This is one of the prototype control cards used to provide an interface to the driver and give positional control of the car ride height actuators.
	This was an interesting project. It involved developing a contra-rotating drive system for use on an unmanned ocean research vehicle. The picture shows a prototype unit on show and working in a tank of water at a trade fair. The unit had to be capable of working in up to 6000m of water.			This is a view of the prototype control and power electronics used to control the motors shown above.
	This is a robotic tool designed to fit on a Shilling manipulator. The tool was designed and developed for use by Nuclear Electric in the decommissioning of a spent Nuclear power station. The tool was controlled from outside the core and positional information from the tool was fed back to the operator.