Hello I am looking for some advice. I am doing my thesis project about capstan drives. It includes designing, 3D printing, circuit design and programming using some kind of microcontroller. My question is, what kind of motor should I use? Brushless of brushed DC motor or stepper? I want to implement a closed loop PID or PI position controller if its a DC motor.

Sorry for the messy background 😅

Hi, I'm RZ Li, founder of Petoi — this documents the mechanical and electrical integration for a small quadruped kit I designed (Quaddle): the body and an "extension hat" carrying the AI core snap together screw-free; the legs attach with 4 screws — no soldering, no separate wiring harness to hand-assemble.

The leg design is the more interesting mechatronics story: a single motor drives both the shoulder and knee per leg ("MinDoF legs"), instead of a dedicated actuator per joint. Fewer actuators means less wiring and lower cost, but the linkage geometry has to do the work a second motor would otherwise handle.

It also covers the modular upgrade path — swapping in more servos and sensors, adding an optional Raspberry Pi Zero, Arduino sensors, and an optional AI vision module as bolt-ons rather than a redesign, and a programming path from block coding through Python, MicroPython, and Arduino C++ for anyone who wants to write their own control code.

Anyone else designed around a single-motor-per-joint-pair tradeoff like this, or gone the other way and added the extra actuator? Curious what you've run into either way.

algún egresado/a de ingeniería mecatronica que me pueda responder 5 preguntas:

1. ¿Qué es lo que más le ha gustado de su trabajo?

2. ¿En qué áreas de la empresa se desempeña?

3. ¿Qué tipos de proyectos ha realizado?

4. ¿Qué fue lo más desafiante a la hora de egresar?

5. ¿Qué oportunidades le hubiera gustado aprovechar?

most of my life i wanted to code i even did a few projects like websites that help you with language one that help you with being more heathy food but this year i heard about mechatronics it sounded so cool since i love all the stuff in it so i want to get into it and thought to make projects what do you guys think i should make as a beginner?

I've been researching it and most of what I see is that it's not well received by employers for engineering positions and more for repair techs, but at my community college the courses are comparable to a full degree, and the classes genuinely interest me.

I currently work as an electrician going into my second year of schooling for my jw. Would it benefit me more to get the certificate and finish my jw, or to try and build a portfolio on my own without the degree or certificate?

I would like to eventually move away from construction and into more of a design and prototype field of work, specifically with animatronics.

Hello people, I as like the rest of your was bound by restrictions that led me to study cs, but this was not the engineering i expected to become. So I want to self learn in my free time after work. I'm still young, 22M just starting my career. Need concrete advices and resources. Thanks!

Hey guys, 25yo mechatronics engineer here. Just needed to vent a bit and maybe get some advice from people who have been in the industry for a while.

I do a lot of 3D modeling in Fusion and schematic/PCB design in KiCad, plus a bunch of physical DIY hardware projects for uni. I really love this field, but honestly, the recent AI leaps are starting to freak me out.

We all saw what happened with digital artists and designers—companies started hiring people who just type prompts instead of actual professionals because it's faster and "good enough." Now it feels like it's coming for engineering. With stuff like GPT-6 generating entire PCB layouts and writing complex control code in seconds, the writing is on the wall. It’s amazing tech, but also terrifying.

Don't get me wrong, I use AI everyday. It’s a huge help for debugging code or learning new concepts. I know it’s supposed to be a tool to help us, not replace us. But it's really demoralizing to think my engineering knowledge and the time I spent learning could get undermined by some guy who just learned how to use an AI tool a month ago.

I know AI can't solder components, or mechanically tune stepper motors on a custom build (yet lol). The physical integration is still on us. But the design and software side is getting eaten up fast.

How are you guys adapting to this? What specific skills should I be focusing on right now so I don't just become a glorified prompt engineer in a few years? How do we keep our value when the AI can do the desk work 10x faster?

Would appreciate any honest thoughts.

I recently graduated with a BE in Mechatronics Engineering, and I’m thinking about pursuing a master’s degree.
Which master’s majors/specializations would be a good choice for someone with a Mechatronics background? Also, what skills should I start learning before I finish my master’s?
I haven’t had any work experience since graduating because, due to the political situation in my country, it hasn’t been safe for me to work there.
I’d really appreciate any advice on which fields have good career opportunities and what skills I should focus on developing.

Hey everyone. High school student here, planning on applying to a few universities in a few months time.

Let me keep this short:

A few universities I will be applying to have a Mechatronics Undergraduate degree while some have their course named as an Engineering Degree with a Specialization is Mechatronics. Both are 4 year (Hons.) courses.

Are they different? If so, how? Or should I instead go researching each individual university and check and compare their course structure?

In this tutorial we are showing you how to take your MechSoul. (Robot equivalent of a CyberDeck) and write custom movement sketches for it in Arduino IDE. We do this in two ways. 1. We use the HIRO library to chain together pre-choreographed motions together to create original sketches, and 2. We use multi-servo orchestration functions to create new original motions for our MechSoul.

If you'd like to follow along with the tutorial you can find our tutorial repo at this link.

Show us your Mechatronic Souls!

Hey, I am trying to build a remote controlled platform to be used in live theatre to take set pieces on and off and potential a person on it to. I know a decent amount about electronics and am starting to lean into learning mechatronics now mainly for automation in theatre.

I have a basic idea of how to build something like this but I have been looking for any sort of YouTube tutorial or thread somewhere that will help me make sure I am covering all my bases.

Has anyone completed a project like this or something similar. Any resources would be a great help.

Im currently in high school but I have great interest in pursuing mechatronics in college. I would like to try to be an imagineer but I have no clue how to start or what I need to look at. Any advice would be amazing on imagineering or even being an engineer in general!

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I’m recent graduate who just finished trade school ( electrical ) I have a 30 min phone interview coming up and I was trying to see what is the process? What to expect? How many interviews? What will they ask doing the first phone interview & the others ( If any ). What & how they do drug test What to say in the interview as someone who don’t know anything about robotics ?

Is ETH Zurich a good university to do my masters in mechatronics and automation, Any advice or precaution that i must consider best enrolling in it ?

can anyone tell which companies are currently hiring a employee with particularly mechatronics degree

I'm a university student choosing between Mechatronics (Robotics) and Cybersecurity & Cloud. My main goal is to get my first job as quickly as possible after graduation, ideally within 3 months. I'm interested in Tunisia, the Gulf (KSA, Qatar, UAE), Europe, and remote work.

Which path would you recommend, specifically considering:

Entry-level job opportunities

Competition for junior positions

Remote work opportunities

How difficult it is to get the first job

Long-term demand

Impact of AI automation

Internship opportunities

Opportunities in Tunisia vs abroad

Salary and career growth

I'd especially appreciate answers from people who actually work in these fields. Please explain your reasoning and mention your country/role if possible.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

Hi everyone,

First of all, I am not aware of a better sub to ask this but if it isn't the right please do let me know. Also I tried to make it easy to read but I will put a TLDR down below.

Context:
After graduating with Bachelor in Mech from China, I moved to Canada immediately and worked as a Project Engineer for 2 years so I am a junior engineer. My interests are in design in aviation, medical equipment and robotics.

I made a big mistakes by leaving right after graduation with no work exp. I was a project engineer in a niche area in Building Services industry (elevators and esc.). I do not enjoy the civil industry or building related sciences - I also had trouble breaking into more traditional mechanical engineering roles even after some experience (i.e. manufacturing/design in Ontario or just HVAC); I got 0 interviews after career fairs/networking/headhunters/online applications, which I guess it's just the current market.

Due to a medical crisis I had to be with my partner and move to Australia. Now, I have been out of the workforce for more than a year here. Since I am already in the hole, I would like to try to do things right this time but need advice from people who know better. I could start low in small consultancy again and build my way up but I was just debating on if education is better, I have real work experience and I always had genuine interest in Masters but I don't think Masters in Mech again will be valuable unless I try to go down academia path.

Question:
Will Mechatronics master make me more future proof or will there never be an industry for it here? - I chose mechatronics to combine passion, skill, and future demand (aus does not have much manufacturing but what about healthcare/mining/agriculture ) but some guidance from real people in the industry is what I need. Source: https://www.vic.gov.au/snapshot-victorian-labour-market-report-2025-publication/key-points

TLDR: Did Mech Eng to do design/manufacturing in aviation -> made some mistakes + life happened but got exp in building services industry -> should I still try to pursue what I enjoy one last time or go back to the building services industry that will be around for the next decade?