Latest Mechanical Stories
Engineering team designs technology for smart materialsOctober 2, 2018
Robot cities: three urban prototypes for future livingSeptember 18, 2018
From hyper-robotised Tokyo to smartest Singapore and happy, crime-free Dubai, these three examples show that robots are perceived as means to achieve global futures based on a specific national imagination, writes Mateja Kovacic
15 engineers and their inventions that defined roboticsSeptember 4, 2018
The heartbreaking story of the flying mathematicians of World War IAugust 7, 2018
‘The other Fergie’ — why tractor king Harry Ferguson is among Ireland’s best loved engineersJuly 24, 2018
A farmer, mechanic, car designer and aviator, he struck up a business partnership with Henry Ford and is most well known for creating the Massey Ferguson - a common byword for agricultural machinery and the humble tractor
Designing for cleanroomsJuly 24, 2018
Cleanrooms are delicate, therefore choosing components for use in cleanroom equipment shouldn't be taken lightly
‘Blind’ Cheetah 3 robot can climb stairs littered with obstaclesJuly 10, 2018
Personalised ‘deep learning’ equips robots for autism therapyJuly 10, 2018
Bridging the skills gap with automated engineeringJune 26, 2018
Conquering Le Mans: Analysis of the engineering expertise within an LMP2 engineJune 26, 2018
Robot submarine discovers 300-year-old shipwreck with $17bn in treasureJune 12, 2018
Mechanical engineering in the Middle Ages: The catapult, mechanical clocks and many more we never knew aboutJune 12, 2018
SpaceX’s ‘Olympics of engineering’: Ireland’s Éirloop fast-track it to the finalMay 29, 2018
The 13 engineers leading the way to the flying carMay 29, 2018
Wireless robot fly undertakes first independent flightMay 29, 2018
19 mechanical engineering innovations that helped define mechanics todayMay 15, 2018
The discipline of mechanical engineering is a very wide and deep one ranging from the smallest component to the complexity of a modern engine
Japanese engineers invent real life transformerMay 15, 2018
Japanese robotics engineers have developed a real life transformer that can switch between a working car and a giant humanoid robot
Autonomous robot can assemble an IKEA chair in less than 20 minutesMay 1, 2018
Factory automation: Dealing with technical implementation issuesMay 1, 2018
Implementing automation into factories can be technically and financially challenging; the technical issues can cost both time and money and consume significant engineering resources. Arthur Middleton considers ways to manage these issues
‘Like children, there are no bad pumps – just pumps in the wrong environment’April 17, 2018
One example, writes Eoin Field, would be where pumps were sized based on 'future expansion' and therefore oversized and a vsd solution could put the pump running at below a minimum Hz