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TOPIC: Mechatronics: Automation & Robotics

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  • Center for Intelligent Mechatronics

    The CIM is a mechanical engineering research laboratory run by Dr. Michael Goldfarb at Vanderbilt University. The lab focuses on the design and control of electromechanical devices, with a particular emphasis on the emerging field of rehabilitation robotics.

  • CNC Zone

    We are the largest and most active discussion forum from DIY CNC Machines to the Cad / Cam software to run them.

  • Electro-mechanical Technicians

    Occupational Outlook Handbook entry showing job description, salary, job prospects, and more.

  • The Engineering Design Process

    The engineering design process is a series of steps that engineers follow to come up with a solution to a problem. Many times the solution involves designing a product (like a machine or computer code) that meets certain criteria and/or accomplishes a certain task.

  • Inventor's Handbook

    This handbook was created by the Lemelson-MIT Program to address the independent inventor's and aspiring entrepreneur's most frequently asked questions regarding United States patents.

  • MachineTools.com

    Our goal is to provide more machine and tooling choices to our users and more leads to our sellers than any other machinery marketplace in the world on an easy-to-use platform with great customer support.

  • The Robotics Institute

    The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University was established in 1979 to conduct basic and applied research in robotics technologies relevant to industrial and societal tasks. Seeking to combine the practical and the theoretical, the Robotics Institute has diversified its efforts and approaches to robotics science while retaining its original goal of realizing the potential of the robotics field.

  • Virtual Machine Shop

    The Virtual Machine Shop (VMS) is a web site dedicated to the perpetuation of machine tool knowledge and training. This project is designed and maintained by volunteers from industry and academia and is free to everyone.

  • National Institute of Standards Technology NIST

    Industry’s national laboratory, NIST is dedicated to supporting U.S. competitiveness in areas of national importance from communications technology and cybersecurity to advanced manufacturing and disaster resilience. By developing new tools to measure critical attributes, providing authoritative data, or bringing stakeholders together to find the way forward, NIST is helping U.S. industries across the economy become more competitive and improve Americans’ quality of life.

  • Mech-a-what? Mechatronics — the Engineering Field You Didn’t Know Existed

  • Mechatronics Resources

  • Salaries for Mechatronics Technicians

  • Mechatronics - Engineering and Technology.org

    E&T is the IET’s award-winning monthly magazine and associated website for professional engineers, with a circulation of approximately 140,000. It covers all areas of engineering and technology through exclusive news, features, analysis, announcements and job adverts

  • Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)