Products: Electronics & Computers
See the new products, including BYD's FLASH Charging, delivering up to 1500kW through a single connector, and the second generation of its Blade Battery; Sensata's FaultBreak contactor, a next-generation high-voltage switching and protection solution; and more.
Articles: Energy
As the global electric vehicle fleet approaches 40 million vehicles, a critical question emerges: are we truly on the path to building a sustainable transportation future, and where should we focus our efforts to improve? The answer lies in how quickly we can move from today’s linear EV battery value chain into a truly circular system. Read on to learn more.
Articles: Energy
The custom simulation app developed by the LaserBATMAN consortium can be used to help produce more robust battery designs with ranges that can support highway travel over longer distances with fewer failures — all while promoting the use of green energy. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Power
In a new study led by the University of Michigan, researchers have shown that batteries have gotten a lot better over the past several years. So much so, in fact, that their gains will more than offset their expected heat-related degradation on a warming planet. Read on to learn more.
Articles: Energy
Ultimately, the success of the battery industry will not be determined solely by breakthroughs in chemistry or capacity. It will be judged by its ability to manufacture at scale, safely, sustainably, and affordably. And that only hinges on quality assurance. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
ABB Robotics is integrating NVIDIA Omniverse libraries into ABB Robotics’ RobotStudio® to help manufacturers deploy physical AI in real-world robotics applications. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
At Purdue University, Sooyeon Jeong, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and robot communication and behavior expert, is working to make robots as friendly and helpful as possible in non-fictional settings. Her goal is to create robots that make the world a better place for humans. Read on to learn more.
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
For a variety of industries, helping hands are often hard to find, and it’s an issue that’s been consistent in recent years. Given this, many companies are considering transitioning to automation, including through the use of collaborative robots or cobots, for short. Read on to learn more about them.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Smart implants that not only stabilize a fracture but also monitor the healing process from day one — and deliver targeted support when required — are currently being developed at Saarland University by a team of engineers, medical researchers, and computer scientists. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A lollipop gripper is one demonstration of a new type of soft magnetic hydrogel developed by engineers at MIT and their collaborators at EPFL in Switzerland and the University of Cincinnati. The MIT team reports on a new method to print and fabricate the gel, which can be made into complex, magnetically activated three-dimensional structures. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Software
A study from the lab of L. Mahadevan combines mathematics, computer simulations, and experiments to show that in crowded environments, adding just the right amount of randomness, or “noise,” to how individuals move, can ease gridlock and dramatically improve efficiency. Read on to learn more.
Products: Motion Control
See the new products, including Amada Weld Tech's next-generation UB Series Linear DC Resistance Weld Controls; Igus' ReBelMove Pro modular, customizable autonomous mobile robot; Logic's Octopus, an overhead industrial picking robot; and more.
Briefs: Aerospace
Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have designed a system that makes an off-the-shelf quadruped robot nimble enough to walk a narrow balance beam. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Through a technology partnership that breaks new ground in the machine tool industry, Siemens offers an automation solution for the busy, multi-tasking, small to mid-sized machine shop, as it combines a digital twin of the software and programming of its popular SINUMERIK 828 CNC, working in tandem with a KUKA robot, to simplify the operation and programming in part handling for the machine tool operator. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A research group has developed a snake-like robot artificial intelligence that optimizes its rolling movement using deep reinforcement learning. This movement is aided by a unique “observation buffer” that uses data from the robot’s sensors to analyze angular velocity, acceleration, and body state information. Read on to learn more.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
If you are building a high-accuracy gantry system inhouse, understand that the tolerance for error is measured in microns, while the number of interacting failure modes is vast. Read on for more tips.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Surgical face masks help prevent the spread of airborne pathogens and therefore were ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a modified mask could also protect a wearer by detecting health conditions, including chronic kidney disease. Researchers reporting in ACS Sensors incorporated a specialized breath sensor within the fabric of a face mask to detect metabolites associated with the disease. Read on to learn more.
Articles: Power
See the products of the month, including a new method that automatically keeps a fleet of robots moving smoothly; inspiration for a new class of materials built on interlocking particles; and a new chip design that could improve how GPUs convert and manage power.
Briefs: Materials
Researchers successfully used laser-based 3D printing to make alloys from two different metals, Inconel 718 and René 41, without cracking. Read on to learn more.
Articles: AR/AI
In this interview, Argonne Scientist Jie Xu, also an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, discusses the results of her research and more. Read now!
Articles: Aerospace
Powering momentum in the space sector is a new generation of commercial startups designing, building, and flight-testing breakthrough technologies that will enable sustained human presence in low-Earth orbit, on the Moon, and fuel deep-space missions. Read on for a look at eight emerging startups.
Briefs: Materials
In a paper published in Science, Stanford researchers show that niobium phosphide can conduct electricity better than copper in films that are only a few atoms thick. Moreover, these films can be created and deposited at sufficiently low temperatures to be compatible with modern computer chip fabrication. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has developed equipment that monitors the quality of hydrogen fuel supplied to vehicles through hydrogen refueling stations in real-time. This equipment is expected to prevent hydrogen vehicle accidents caused by impurities in the hydrogen fuel and improve the quality of hydrogen production. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
In a world first, researchers have used 2D materials, which are only an atom thick and retain their properties at that scale, unlike silicon, to develop a computer capable of simple operations. The development represents a major leap toward the realization of thinner, faster and more energy-efficient electronics. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Power
A new DC-DC power converter is superior to previous designs and paves the way for more efficient, reliable, and sustainable energy storage and conversion solutions. The Kobe University development can efficiently interface with a wide range of energy sources while enhancing system stability and simplicity at an unprecedented efficiency. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Medical
Researchers at Cornell University, working with collaborators, have created an extremely small neural implant that can sit on a grain of salt. Despite its size, the device can wirelessly transmit brain activity data from a living animal for more than a year. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
The future of Moon exploration may be rolling around a non-descript office on the CU Boulder campus. Here, a robot about as wide as a large pizza scoots forward on three wheels. It uses an arm with a claw at one end to pick up a plastic block from the floor, then set it back down. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Software
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and New York’s Columbia University have embedded transistors in a soft, conformable material to create a biocompatible sensor implant that monitors neurological functions through successive phases of a patient’s development. Read on to learn more.
Products: Photonics/Optics
See what's new on the market, including SPIROL's newest machined aluminum threaded Inserts, designed for heat or ultrasonic installation into straight plastic holes; Mitutoyo America Corporation's CRYSTA-Apex V PLUS Series, a next-generation CNC coordinate measuring machine; Airmar Technology Corporation's next generation of its WeatherStation instruments; and more.
