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Articles: Design
“AstroAnts” are small robots for inspection and diagnostic tasks on external spacecraft surfaces, both in orbit and on planetary surfaces. They're also the Robotics & Automation Finalist. Read on to learn more.
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Technology & Society: Energy
A French startup, HyLight, has developed a hydrogen-powered airship that can precisely detect issues on energy infrastructure at an industrial scale without emitting greenhouse gases.
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Articles: Software
Designing non-destructive test (NDT) systems for aerospace clients can feel like engineering with blindfolds on. Even when the parts under test aren’t confidential, they can change rapidly as companies optimize their designs. But how do you create precision inspection systems without knowing what they’ll inspect in the field? Read on to find out.
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Briefs: Software
A new paper explores pick-and-place solutions with more precision. In precise pick-and-place, also known as kitting, the robot transforms an unstructured arrangement of objects into an organized arrangement. The approach, dubbed SimPLE (Simulation to Pick Localize and placE), learns to pick, regrasp and place objects using the object’s computer-aided design model. Read on to learn more.
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Application Briefs: AR/AI
Manually checking the quality of components or products in industry is labor-intensive for employees and error-prone on top of that. The Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design IEM is unveiling a solution that provides total versatility in this area. Read on to learn more about it.
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Articles: Imaging
Event-based vision is well on its way to establishing itself as a paradigm that will create a new standard in many markets requiring efficiency in how machines can see. Over the past several years, it has successfully evolved to meet a wider range of uses. And by continuing to adapt and address the requirements of many applications, we will see more event-based cameras all around us.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Most PCB manufacturers use automatic optical inspection (AOI) to monitor defects in their printed circuit boards. This delivers strong results when there are defects in the soldering, connections, pads, and traces on printed boards.
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Articles: Information Technology
Siemens is collaborating with Basler and MVTec in its open Industrial Edge Ecosystem. The results are scalable, plug-and-play solutions that combine Siemens’ automation technology with third-party machine vision hardware and software.
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Articles: Motion Control
One way to try to improve performance is to use multiple robots in the same workcell. In a multi-robot workcell, the tasks can be divvied up among the robots, with the expectation that the robots can perform their work concurrently and thus shorten the cycle time.
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Articles: Imaging
Machine vision dates back to the beginning of the modern industrial robot age in the 1980s. Augmenting cobots with vision allows them to perform with higher precision, flexibility, and intelligence. However, integration is not a one-size-fits-all process.
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Articles: Imaging
Spectral measurement is thus the basis of remote sensing, allowing for highly accurate material analysis and image recognition.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Facial recognition AI inspections will go beyond simple geometry. They will learn how makeup, tattoos, or clothing may conceal features that were previously used to identify someone.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
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Briefs: Design
The imaging system tested in NASA wind tunnels can reduce or eliminate shadows that occur when using many existing BOS and photogrammetric measurement systems.
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Articles: Imaging
This article looks at two real-world applications in which machine vision and motion control work in harmony to solve different manufacturing challenges.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The models allow users to optimize X-ray radiography setups, for the detection of crack and crack-like flaws, to penetrate various materials to show internal structures of parts.
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Briefs: Motion Control
Legged robots are very promising for use in real-world applications, but their operation in narrow spaces is still challenging. One solution for enhancing their environmental adaptability...
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
High-speed digital imaging expands the benefits of traditional machine vision (MV), transforming it from a process control tool into a diagnostic tool. Traditional MV systems use...
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Briefs: AR/AI
The advance could accelerate engineers’ design process by eliminating the need to solve complex equations.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
See how hyperspectral imaging adds value to food inspection systems.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
The Opti-Scan inspection system can measure surfaces and edges in 3D.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The system creates accurate defect standards for in-situ inspection systems.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The film monitors how well aircraft and spacecraft withstand the mechanical stresses of flight.
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Briefs: Energy
The technology could help improve the reliability and performance of lithium-ion batteries.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Scientists are working to improve the image resolution of X-ray techniques.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The instrument identifies, quantifies, and characterizes contamination, even on irregularly shaped surfaces.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
A production-based X-ray solution performs product quality evaluation directly on the manufacturing line.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These tiny aerial robots can operate in cramped spaces and withstand collisions.
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