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Dear Reader
Each month Quanser brings you the latest news on innovations for engineering studies and research.
Through our expertise in control design, new projects
for industry and education, we want to help education professionals around the
world inspire engineers to re-invent the world in areas like Mechatronics,
Robotics and Control.
In
this issue we focus on the new Mechatronic Controls Collection, available in April 2009. This new collection reflects technology that industry is
working on. Meaning graduates can be better trained while professors may gain a
competitive edge - something University of Cincinnati's Professor Cohen has
experienced and described in our Feature Story.
Interested
in avionics or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)? Find out why our
soon-to-be-released airborne platform - ALTAV is perfect for
control and design experiments.
Sincerely,
Zuzana Fabusova, eNEWS Editor
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 New Mechatronic Controls Collection
Mastering Control=Mastering Mechatronics
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the last decade we saw reports from industry
suggesting one of the most-sought after engineering skills in industry will be mechatronics.
Development of mechatronic systems is based on understanding control principles
- and we have new tools to help engineering students master those skills
faster. Quanser's new Mechatronic Controls Collection brings you
experiments that are industry-driven and reflect the type of systems your
students will work with after graduation. Visit our blog to learn more. A new experiment will be profiled each week by
the engineers who developed them. |
New Advanced Teaching and Research Tools
Almost Lighter Than Air
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 Looking for a safe, stable and robust platform for research related to unmanned vehicles? Quanser's ALTAV - almost lighter than air hybrid airship is slated for release in April 2009. With novel and exciting control architecture, this airborne platform is ideal for aircraft control and design experiments. Avionics and flight control is performed by Quanser's HiQ Avionics board, synthesizing two separate processor capabilities - to perform low-level vehicle stability, avionics and mission control, autonomy, diagnostics, communications and flight control. Read our engineer's notes and watch a short demo about the ALTAV. |
Industry Spotlight
Industry Projects to Inspire New Experiments for Teaching and Research
|  Quanser's
20 years in control design for education is heavily influenced by our
successful projects for industry. Our industrially-relevant teaching and
research tools are often enabled by projects like The Challenging Environment
Assessment Laboratory ( CEAL).
This groundbreaking
facility being constructed by the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute will help design and test
assistive devices and new technology to aid the elderly and people with
physical disabilities. Read more about this project here. In
another recent industrial project awarded to Quanser by the Defense Research and Development Canada, Quanser will lead
the development of a more advanced remote-controlled robotic device
capable of disarming explosive devices. |
| In Your Own Words |
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"We decided to go with Quanser because their equipment was modular and flexible, you can use it for control, you can use it for robotics, and you can add different accessories to each servo module and create new experiments out of it."
Dr. Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad, Queen's University, Canada
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Read more on
Control, Robotics and Mechatronics | Quanser on Blogspot Quanser Website
Quanser on YouTube
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