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Windows of the Future: Ultrathin Solar Cells Could Turn Any Glass into a Power Generator

Led by Associate Professor Annalisa Bruno, the NTU researchers created perovskite solar cells that are about 10,000 times thinner than a strand of human hair and around 50 times thinner than conventional perovskite solar cells.

Designing Intelligence into the Electrical Foundation of Data Centers

Data centers have always been critical infrastructure, but their role has expanded dramatically in recent years. As artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and real-time digital services continue to scale, data centers are under pressure to operate with unprecedented levels of efficiency, reliability, and responsiveness. This shift is driving a quiet but fundamental transformation in how data center infrastructure is designed and managed. Read on to learn more.

How Much Do You Know About Hybrid-Electric Systems for Off-Highway Vehicles?

Test your understanding of the key concepts and applications of hybrid-electric systems used in construction, mining, agricultural, and other off-highway vehicles.

Now You See It: New Optical Device Uses Humidity to Uncover Hidden Images

Engineers have developed an optical device that reveals hidden images and changes colors in response to different levels of humidity. Read on to learn more.

Elmo Unveils High‑Power Servo Drives and Motion Controller for Rugged Applications

Elmo, an Isreal-based servo drive technology developer, announced the availability of a new motion controller and new servo drives for a wide range of...

SiLC Launches Eyeonic Edge for Precision 4D Industrial Scanning

SiLC Technologies has announced the launch of Eyeonic®Edge, the newest addition to their laser scanner product lines. The Eyeonic Edge along with the Eyeonic Trace product...

Schneider Electric Launches Industrial Automation Modernization Service

Schneider Electric announced at Automate its new offering — Industrial Automation Modernization as a Service — designed to help industrial organizations modernize...

Aya Durbin of Boston Dynamics on Why Humanoids Are the Future of Manufacturing

Humanoid robots are moving beyond eye‑catching demos and into real-world operations. This shift is being driven less by hardware and more by advances in AI....

Making Stair-Climbing Robots Stay Upright

A team developed a fall mitigation system for robots through the use of design, AI, and technology. Read on to learn more about it.

NVIDIA Announces Industry’s First Full-Stack Safety System for Physical AI

NVIDIA has announced NVIDIA Halos for Robotics, the industry’s first full-stack, comprehensive safety system for robotics and physical AI that unifies AI compute...

Bridging the Vision Gap with Powerful and Easy-to-Use AI

UnitX, a pioneer in AI-powered visual inspection for manufacturing, recently launched DeteX, an AI-powered smart camera. DeteX is purpose-built to eliminate the manufacturing vision...

Teradyne Advances Physical AI with UR AI Trainer, PolyScope X

Teradyne Robotics, the company behind Universal Robots (UR) and Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), is demonstrating how physical AI is transforming industrial automation at Automate...

How to Get Started with Scalable Machine Tending Automation

Manufacturers are constantly looking for ways to improve efficiency and reduce repetitive tasks through robotics, but for those just beginning their automation journey, the first...

International Women in Engineering Day Quiz 2026: Test Your Knowledge of Famous Women Engineers

From foundational computing breakthroughs to materials, communications, and AI systems used every day, women engineers have driven many of the technologies we rely on. Think you know the pioneers behind these innovations? Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of internationally recognized women whose work continues to power modern engineering.

OMRON Robotics Demonstrates Next-Generation Autonomous Mobile Robots

OMRON Robotics will demonstrate the next generation of its flagship LD Series autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) — the LD-150 and LD-300 — at Automate 2026. Attendees...

Inbolt Launches Vision-Enabled Robot Programming, Closing the Loop from CAD to Factory Floor

Inbolt, the robot intelligence company that turns digital twins into live robot control, is launching two new capabilities that complete the...

RealSense Unveils a New AI-Native Depth Camera

At Automate 2026, RealSense unveiled the RealSense™ D585 Pro, a new AI-native depth camera that combines advanced depth sensing, edge AI acceleration, and a software-defined platform designed...

Cognex CEO Matt Moschner on Advancing Industrial Automation with AI-Powered Machine Vision

Matt Moschner, President and CEO of Cognex, discusses the most important trends shaping automation today and its future outlook.

NASA Marches Toward Artemis III Mission in 2027

On June 9, 2026, NASA provided new Artemis III details and announced the four prime crew members and a backup for the test flight.

Clean Water, No Chemicals: The New Solar Desalination Process from URochester

Researchers at URochester’s Institute of Optics developed a new solar-thermal desalination process to produce fresh water in an energy-efficient way that does not leave behind brine and requires no chemical additives to pre-treat the water.

VR Greenhouse: Digital Twins Allow Farmers to Walk the Fields from Anywhere

Engineers have developed a system that creates “digital twins” of real farms, allowing users to walk through fully interactive virtual spaces and observe actual plants in real time.

How Much Do You Know About Propulsion Technology?

How much do you know about the technology that makes propulsion possible? Find out with this quiz.

A New Approach to Designing RF Power Amplifiers for Modern Military Systems

Modern military systems, from radar and electronic warfare platforms to communications networks, depend on radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers to transmit signals...

This New GaN Chip Provides W-Band Wireless Links for Military Radars

Northrop Grumman has built a new Gallium Nitride (GaN) chip that sets a new standard of performance for military and commercial use. The chip fully leverages the W-band...

This New Quantum Sensor Measures 3D Direction of RF Electromagnetic Fields

Army scientists achieved a major milestone in quantum sensing technology that could transform how electromagnetic signals are detected on the battlefield.

Transportable Space Force Antenna Expands Multi-Band Testing at Naval Research Lab

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has received a transportable satellite tracking antenna system from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command...

Can Pitchers Avoid Tommy John Surgery Without Losing Velocity? Computer Models Say Yes

Computer modeling at the University of Waterloo shows that professional baseball pitchers could make mechanical changes to avoid a common, career-threatening elbow injury without necessarily sacrificing competitive velocity.

Integrated Solar Reactor Mimics Photosynthesis Using Engineered Bacteria and Organic Photovoltaics

In the future, this technology may be used to make environmentally clean chemicals, plastics, or even microbial protein.

How Much Do You Know About Physical AI?

Across factory floors and supply chains, physical AI is starting to bridge the gap between the digital and physical worlds. How much do you know about physical AI? Test your knowledge with this quiz.