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Mechatronics | Automation

Multi-DOF actuation; Multi-axis test beds; Motion platforms; Precision stages; Robotics/ Automata

Modular robotics

High stiffness high accuracy zero backlash actuation modules for serial and parallel robots and motion platforms.

Powder SLS

Powder SLS with stabilised and compacted powder bed for components with high precision and strength and high throughput. Precise control over microstructures by use of ultra-fine powders and energy-efficient high compaction methods, resulting in minimal porosity and excellent fusion/ sintering quality for engineering plastics, metals, ceramics and composites produced in-situ to exact net-shape dimensions and with negligible residual distortions. Applications to precision manufacturing, defense, and aerospace.

Multi-DOF precision actuation

2- and 3-DOF precision actuators and motion platforms. FEA-optimised flexures and integrated spring preloading for zero backlash and lag. Applications to precision engineering, semiconductors, optics/ astronomy, space.

High power mechanical test beds

High power high precision mechanical test beds for multi-axial system-in-the-loop testing. Electromechanical and hydraulic systems, also with tandem actuator configurations for real-time error compensation. Hybrid serial-parallel configurations with explicit forward and inverse kinematics simultaneously for high accuracy. Applications to aerospace testing, marine and civil engineering, and robotics.