With software and control systems becoming standard fare even in what used to be considered straight mechanical-based products, model-based design -- an engineering approach rooted in industries like ...

Most engineers are surprised to learn that the term mechatronics isnearly 40 years old. It was first used in1969 by Tetsuro Mori, anengineer at the Yaskawa Company, to describe a system composed ...

As a result of the Vistagy acquisition late last year, Siemens PLM, Plano, Tex. has announced updated versions of key model-based design software packages. As a result of the Vistagy acquisition late ...

New Toolbox Streamlines Battery Management System Design, Testing, and Algorithm Deployment Workflows on NXP Processors NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MathWorks, the leading developer of mathematical ...

Today's automotive companies and suppliers face conflicting goals of reducing development time and improving quality in the face of increasing demands of greater system complexity from both customers ...

The increasing vehicle design intricacies and tight production schedules require automotive engineers to adopt new tools and techniques in order to build a differentiated automotive product. Enter ...

Few of us are aware of the complex interactions between neural, mechanical, and sensory systems required to do something as simple as picking up a ball. To create a prosthetic arm capable of natural ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. While the algorithms used to control body electronics systems are usually thought to be fairly simple, the overall complexity of the full vehicle ...

Most 3D design software requires visual dragging and rotating—posing a challenge for blind and low-vision users. As a result, a range of hardware design, robotics, coding, and engineering work is ...

The controller handles incoming requests and puts any data the client needs into a component called a model. When the controller's work is done, the model is passed to a view component for rendering.