Mechanical/​Mechatronics

Stay updated on advancements in mechanical components and mechatronics systems. New technologies in MEMs, fluid systems, and propulsion are driving breakthroughs in transportation, electrification, autonomous driving, and manufacturing.

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Products: Electronics & Computers
Battery analyzers, uninterruptible power supplies, adhesives, and more.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Lithium-metal solid-state batteries can provide a safer, more energy-dense alternative to current technology.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
As the vehicle platform size decreases, the pulse power discharge rates of the Energy Storage System (ESS) increase.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The structures’ small size and porosity make them well-suited for building components such as replacement joints.
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Application Briefs: Data Acquisition
See how makers of an automated truck wash system added a monitoring option for customers.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Potential applications include parachutes, hot air balloons, weather balloons, blimps, sails, and parasails.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Cable ties, milling software, snap-action switches, and more.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Thrusters based on magnetic reconnection could complete long-distance missions in a shorter period of time.
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Articles: Energy
These 6 advancements are leading us to cleaner, faster aircraft.
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Briefs: Propulsion
The proposed design could reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 95 percent.
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Briefs: Energy
This method increases burn rate of solid propellants.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The sensors could be used in medical applications such as neuroscience and metabolism processes.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The new hinge is the key to get loadbearing, large quadrotors to climb a few dozen feet in seconds.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The paper-like material could be useful in soft robots, sensors, artificial muscles, and electric generators.
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Briefs: Power
These engines will allow upper stage rockets for space missions to become lighter, travel farther, and burn more cleanly.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The thruster provides a low-cost, extremely efficient propulsion source for miniature satellites.
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NASA Spinoff: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
With a clever design by NASA, waiting for hot water could be a thing of the past.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Using microwaves reduces the cost of launching rockets.
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Briefs: Propulsion
This additively manufactured alloy is tailored for high-temperature applications.
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Facility Focus: Materials
Notable graduates of the school include Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos, Google executive Eric Schmidt, Internet pioneer Bob Kahn, former Chrysler head Lee Iacocca, and six NASA astronauts.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center developed designs for two micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) motion and position sensors: a single-axis accelerometer and a gyroscope....
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Application Briefs: Materials
What you need to know before you incorporate large diameter aspheres into your optical systems.
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Briefs: Imaging
A flexible, free-standing THz sensor array images blind ends of irregularly shaped objects.
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Blog: Materials
Tech Briefs readers ask a series of questions about the future of plastics in battery electric vehicles.
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Blog: Photonics/Optics
Taking inspiration from the insect, Tufts researchers created light-activated composite devices that execute precise, visible movements and form complex three-dimensional shapes, like a "photonic sunflower. "
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Blog: Transportation
The A.I. system learns from thousands of real-traffic situations, when a self-driving car stopped unexpectedly.
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Articles: Software
The more complex the vehicle, the greater the need for comprehensive design solutions.
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Articles: Materials
NASA's graphene composites, textile pressure sensors, and a better kind of glass.
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Facility Focus: Energy
See the advanced materials, complex systems, and bioengineering technologies being created at Cornell.
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