Motus was founded in 2013 by Steve Howard and Stuart T. Smith in Charlotte, North Carolina. The founders are mechanical engineers with a passion for designing, prototyping, and constructing mechatronic and instrumentation systems. Through their careers, they noticed a need for a toolkit that would enable engineers to increase productivity in design and implementation of complex precision systems.
Engineers often wait weeks to months and spend thousands of dollars on the manufacture of mechanical systems. In reality, multiple revisions are often needed to perfect these designs, leading to more downtime and expense. MechBlocks allow engineers to build these systems faster, cheaper, and rebuild them without added expense when design changes are needed.
If this product line and methodlogy of rapid design and manufacture interests you, feel free to contact us for more information. We can discuss how MechBlocks can help you save time and money and even schedule a demo to show you in person how they work. Our mission is to enable engineers to design systems faster and more effectively! Click here to download our company brochure.
Meet our team and follow our company on LinkedIn. We want to hear from you so we can better cater to our customers and serve their needs. Our belief is that we can learn from each and every person we interact with.
Steve has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has extensive experience in R & D of flexures and other precision mechanical systems. Click here to connect on LinkedIn!
Stuart has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Warwick in the UK. He has been a precision design expert for 30 years and is internationally renowned for his knowledge of flexures. Click here to connect on LinkedIn!
Motus is dedicated to bringing new technologies to mechanical engineers. If you are interested in our company and our innovations, following us on LinkedIn is one way to stay up to date. Click here to follow Motus on LinkedIn!
Here are some articles that have been written about Motus and awards that we have received. We appreciate all of the support we have received so far, especially among people and organizations in the Carolinas. Even engineers like us enjoy getting publicity every once in a while!
Three teams of students developed 2-axis flexure stages that were used to scan the surface of a penny. The team with the best design received 5 Motus Mechanical kits courtesy of ASML! Click here to see more pictures from the event.
The Charlotte Observer wrote an article on May 2, 2014 about the Charlotte Venture Challenge and its winners. We were lucky enough to be one of the features! Click here to read the article and see pictures from the competition.
Motus sponsored the metrology challenge at the 2014 ASPE (Precision Engineering) conference. Teams of student engineers used MechBlocks to improve the design of a metrology frame measuring position of a translation stage.
At the 2014 CVC competition, Motus won the Graduate category and People's Choice Award. Pictured here from left: Dr. Bob Wilhelm of CRI, Steve Howard of Motus, and Devin Collins and Paul Wetenhall of VenturePrise.
Time Warner News did an in-depth look into the technology industry in North Carolina. We were fortunate to be a part of this story. Click here to read the article or watch a video documentary of the story.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte newpaper also wrote an article about the Charlotte Venture Challenge, dated May 5, 2014. Click here to read the article.
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