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Facility Focus: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Some of the technologies coming from the UT labs include COVID antibody tests, self-watering soil, and the "DRACO" robot.
Products: Electronics & Computers
Disconnect terminal blocks, oscillioscope probes, test modules, and more.
Products: Motion Control
Industrial robots, motor disconnect switches, position sensors, and more.
Articles: Internet of Things
Electronic Device Manufacturers Shouldn’t Fear Custom Connector Solutions — They Should Embrace Them
As 5G arrives, devices will need to expand I/O counts at the controller, as well as overall networking capabilities.
Briefs: Materials
A stretchable system can harvest energy from human breathing and motion.
Briefs: Aerospace
The polyimide composites have uses in aerospace, automotive, construction, electronics, mechanical systems, and industrial machinery.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The integrated tool eliminates the need for manual operators or additional custom fixtures.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Applications include aiding patients with impaired hand muscle strength and in manufacturing for operating tools for extended periods of time.
Products: Software
The Agile Engineering Design System® is an integrated suite of software modules for CAE/CAM of turbomachinery.
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
New online tools — coupled with online libraries of pre-selected and tested component specifications — simplify machine design.
INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
University of Pittsburgh researchers have utilized a catalytic reaction that causes a two-dimensional, chemically coated sheet to spontaneously “morph” into a three-dimensional gear.
Facility Focus: Robotics, Automation & Control
Stanford University’s School of Engineering has been at the forefront of innovation for nearly a century
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The unit could help healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Applications include aerospace, automotive, commercial spaceflight, scuba diving equipment, and for first responders.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This system provides low-cost monitoring for machine health with audio-based artificial intelligence.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The system uses off-the-shelf materials combined with ultraviolet lights to decontaminate N95 masks.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
As engineering professor Mable Fok saw how the pole beans in her garden wrapped tightly around any objects nearby, she had an idea:
What if a robotic gripper could do the same thing?
INSIDER: Motion Control
Researchers have developed a technique for manufacturing micrometer-long machines by interlocking multiple materials in a complex way. The micromachines are made out of metal and plastic, in...
Articles: Motion Control
A panel of experts explains how robots are playing a larger role in manufacturing.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Learn about the sensors assessing and analyzing plant equipment.
Articles: Test & Measurement
We explore the major scientific breakthroughs achieved during 20 years of human presence on the ISS.
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Mixed-signal oscilloscopes, 3D printers, DC/DC converters, and more.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Jacobs' scientists are helping to make contract-tracing apps, emergency-use ventilators, and even squid-bots.
Briefs: Motion Control
Applications include retractable covers and awnings, camera booms, and spacecraft and astronaut positioning.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
NASA's phase-locked rotors reduce noise.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
These switches are key to thermal management of nanoscale devices, refrigeration, data storage, thermal computing, and heat management of buildings.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Researchers developed a wearable technology that can hide its wearer from heat-detecting sensors such as night vision goggles, even when the ambient temperature changes. The technology can...
Briefs: Materials
Kirigami balloons could be used in shape-changing actuators for soft robots, minimally invasive surgical devices, and macro structures for space exploration.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
These hands, with a large grasping force, enable safer human-robot interactions.
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
INSIDER: Research Lab
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
The Real Impact of AR and AI in the Industrial Equipment Industry
Upcoming Webinars: Motion Control
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Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Power
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