Volume 5, Issue 1 (2021) | Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics

Mechatronics Around the World - at a Glance

Rachita Sharma — 2021-02-12

Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics, Published online: 12 February 2021; doi:10.3844/jmrsp.2021.1.7

Increasing performance standards for complex procedures, which includes business equipment and their steadily growing technical importance, might require new processes to be applied within the procedu...

Implementation of Sensor Filters and Altitude Estimation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using Kalman Filter

Mertcan Akın — 2021-01-30

Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics, Published online: 30 January 2021; doi:10.3844/jmrsp.2021.8.17

Sensor outputs are used when finding the position of an Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Outputs such as air pressure, vehicle acceleration or magnetic field help the vehicle decide its attitude and a...

On the Design and Construction of a Dual Axis Solar Tracker Prototype for a Dish Concentrator using ATMega3298P Microcontroller

Albright Abu Edet — 2021-04-21

Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics, Published online: 21 April 2021; doi:10.3844/jmrsp.2021.18.22

The desire for reliable power supply is the reason for further research into alternative sources of power. Although solar tracking is not a new technology, yet solar harvesters still suffer low effici...

Automating a Festo Manufacturing Machine with an Allen-Bradley PLC

Praneel Chand — 2021-11-26

Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics, Published online: 26 November 2021; doi:10.3844/jmrsp.2021.23.32

Industry equipment such as machinery utilising Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) become outdated and obsolete over time. Support for older machines and controllers becomes limited and they become ...

Iterative Feedforward Control for Bearing-Free Multibody Systems

Nicola Y. Bailey — 2021-12-06

Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics, Published online: 6 December 2021; doi:10.3844/jmrsp.2021.33.46

Automated machinery and robotics are commonly conventional multibody systems containing bearing components, which exhibit uncertain, discontinuous and complex tribological characteristics. These gener...