White Papers: Electronics & Computers
Automotive Ethernet 1000Base-T1 TC9 Measurement Using a VNA – Application Note
Inside a typical car, you will find over 100 electronic control units (ECU) controlling everything from brakes, transmission, engine, A/C, steering, cameras,...
White Papers: Robotics, Automation & Control
RLS Magnetic Encoders Enable Marsi Bionics to Build “Life-Changing” Exoskeletons
Marsi Bionics S.L. is a technology start-up based in Madrid, Spain that designs and builds custom exoskeletons for medical applications with the aim of...
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Scientist Proposes Life on Mars, Below the Surface
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
How to Guarantee Autonomous Driving Levels — When Vision is Obstructed
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Will SpaceBok Someday Reach the Moon?
Our lead story today highlights the jumping space robot known as SpaceBok.
“We are at the stage where we want to go into more challenging environments: caves, craters, highlands, areas in which we would find water or other volatiles, or information about the geological history of a certain...
On-Demand Webinars: Defense
On-Demand Web Seminar: The Future of Manufacturing and Product Support in Aerospace/Defense
Aerospace and defense companies are experiencing a digital transformation that is leading to a period of exciting innovation. However, this also means they are faced with delivering new, more complex products to their customers faster and with...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
NASA’s Robot Hotel Gets Its Occupants
A protective storage unit for robotic tools called Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS) was among the items launched to the International Space Station last December as part of SpaceX’s resupply services...
White Papers: Automotive
BCON+ High Voltage Connection System: Touch-Safe Bolt Termination for Traction Batteries
TE Connectivity’s new BCON+ high voltage connection system is a versatile, compact, robust, and touch-safe solution for interconnecting cell modules...
On-Demand Webinars: Robotics, Automation & Control
Autonomous Bin Picking for Cobots: Is It Finally Here?
Bin picking comes in many shapes and sizes, from high payload automotive and heavy equipment manufacturing applications, to pick and drop e-commerce order fulfillment and part...
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
How to Test a Living Sensor, Made with Bacteria
Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
Here's an Idea: A Jumping 'SpaceBok' Robot Makes Giant Leaps Toward the Moon and Mars
On-Demand Webinars: Test & Measurement
How Shapeable Desiccant Protects Missiles, Cameras, and Guidance Systems
This 30-minute Webinar examines a proprietary shapeable desiccant that features remarkable compressive strength and can be shaped to fit into limited or complex...
Question of the Week: Imaging
Do the Advantages of Tiny Cameras Outweigh Privacy Risks?
A recent Tech Briefs TV video showcased a wireless camera from the University of Washington – a device that is small enough to fit on an insect’s back, literally.
While the imaging advancement offers potential applications in biology and exploration, the UW team acknowledged...
White Papers: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Distributed Sensing Beyond Rayleigh Scattering Limits in Single and Multicore Fiber Waveguides
Optical fibers with enhanced scattering properties can provide distributed reflection signals beyond the limits set by Rayleigh scattering in...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Researchers Develop Ultra-Sensitive Device for Detecting Magnetic Fields
A team of Brown University physicists has developed a new type of compact, ultra-sensitive magnetometer, 20 times more sensitive than many traditional sensors. The...
INSIDER: Communications
Configurable Circuit Technology Poised to Expand Silicon Photonic Applications
Researchers have developed a new way to build power efficient and programmable integrated switching units on a silicon photonics chip. The new technology is...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Method Measures Temperature Within 3D Objects
University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have made it possible to remotely determine the temperature beneath the surface of certain materials using a new technique they call depth...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers Develop 3D Hand-Sensing Wristband
In a potential breakthrough in wearable sensing technology, researchers from Cornell and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, have designed a wrist- mounted device that continuously tracks...
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Valve Leakage Detection in Industrial Pumps
As an integral part of onshore and offshore drilling, mud pumps circulate drilling fluids to facilitate drilling oil and natural gas wells. Mud pumps stabilize pressure and support the well during...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Process Creates Soft Actuated Objects Using Commercial Knitting Machines
Articles: Test & Measurement
Man vs Machine: Who Reigns Supreme for Quality Inspection?
Application Briefs: Motion Control
Traverse System Enables Vertical Farming
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Wiegand Wire: Energy Harvesting and More
Briefs: Motion Control
Gripper Handles Freely Moving Cables
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Wireless Aquatic Robot Cleans Water
Briefs: Motion Control
Planetary Exploration Rover Avoids Sand Traps with “Rear Rotator Pedaling”
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Flexible Feet Help Robots Walk Faster
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
New Products: August 2020 Motion Design
Briefs: Motion Control
Fluid-Filled Frequency-Tunable Mass Damper
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