How Drones Use Mechatronics Engineering | Simplexity Product Development

How can a mechatronic design impact drones? Mechanical Engineer at Simplexity, Asa Weiss, discusses the concept of mechatronics, and the many ways it affects technology today. Visit us at http://www.simplexitypd.com

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Mechatronics is the collaboration of mechanical, electrical controls and software engineering. Let's use drones as an example. They're perfect because of their many interconnected systems. When everything is well-designed and meshes together smoothly, you get something that flies. It takes a lot of careful consideration to get this off the ground. For example, the mechanical could begin with the air frame. There are many considerations like weight, cost, strength and size as well as materials and other factors.

Good electrical design determines the correct size motors, corresponding speed controllers as well as the appropriate battery size and necessary electromagnetic interference protection. This is useful for GPS in radio communication.

Since quadcopters are inherently unstable, they require controls engineering to make sure they can balance. They're constantly measuring their angle and position and use control algorithms to change the motor speed and adjust themselves quickly and with minimum overshoot.

Software engineering is important to make sure everything can communicate with each other from the gyroscopes, the accelerometers, processing and out to the electronic speed controllers. For a Mechatronics system to function smoothly, each of these disciplines has to be considered in relation to one another. For more information and resources on Mechatronics design, visit our website at simplexitypd.com.


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