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White Papers: Robotics, Automation & Control
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2025 Innovation Trends in Industrial Motion Control Automation
Like many manufacturers, you’re under pressure to quickly adapt to short-run, customized production. To meet these demands, the industry is embracing a new era of agility and...

INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Stronger cell phone signals, more accurate sensors, and cleaner energy may be achieved by adding a simple step to the industrial fabrication process of...
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
It’s a game a lot of us played as children — and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineers at the University of California San Diego, this game was an inspiration, suggesting that measuring tape could become a great material for a robotic gripper. Read on to learn more about their robot, GRIP-tape.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Researchers have developed a compact and versatile robot that can maneuver through tight spaces and transport payloads much heavier than itself. Smaller than a credit card and weighing 6 grams, the nimble swimming robot is ideal for environments with limited space like rice fields, or for performing inspections in waterborne machines. Read on to learn more.
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INSIDER: Motion Control
Researchers have created a light-powered soft robot that can carry loads through the air along established tracks, similar to cable cars or aerial trams. The soft robot operates...
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INSIDER: Motion Control
The United States population is older than it has ever been. Today, the country’s median age is 38.9, which is nearly a decade older than it was in 1980. And the...
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White Papers: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Discover How an Energy Check From Grundfos Helped a Global Automotive Leader Transform Their Cooling Systems for the Future
When a global automotive leader with over 40 production facilities worldwide and over 100,000 employees focuses on...

INSIDER: Unmanned Systems
Sound can do more than just provide a nice beat. Sound waves have been used for everything from mapping the seafloor to breaking apart kidney stones. Thanks to a unique material structure,...
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White Papers: Motion Control
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The Engineer’s Guide to AC Gearmotor Nameplate Ratings
Stop guessing on AC gearmotor ratings. Are you considering both thermal and mechanical limits? Relying on current readings alone can lead to unexpected failures. This white paper dives...

White Papers: Medical
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Selecting the Appropriate Linear Motor
To ensure reliable operation and a long service life for your application, it is important to select the linear motor that best suits and ideally fulfills your requirements. This tutorial will help you to...

INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
At Automate 2025, Güdel Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI), is highlighting two new technologies — Cobomover™ and a modular track system — that demonstrate its ability to solve...
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White Papers: Test & Measurement
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Precision High-Voltage Switching: Achieving Safety, Reliability & Repeatability
This white paper provides an in-depth analysis of precision high voltage switching, including the importance of minimizing the effects of electrical spikes,...

Quiz: Motion Control
Without servo systems, there would be no automated factories. Since they’re so common, this quiz ought to be easy. Try it and see. How much do you know about servo systems? Test your knowledge with this quiz.
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Podcasts: Power
Dr. Ionel Stefan, CTO, Amprius, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.
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Articles: Propulsion
The race is on for leadership in cislunar space, considered a gateway to the future of space exploration. Yet operating in this domain introduces unique challenges for propulsion systems. Read on to learn more about the progress being made on the matter.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Engineers have created a type of material that can expand, assume new shapes, move, and follow electromagnetic commands like a remotely controlled robot even though it lacks any motor or internal gears.
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Special Reports: Energy
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Advanced Materials & Coatings - April 2025
In this compendium of articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology, learn how breakthroughs in materials science are enabling exciting new applications in...

Podcasts: Power
Marc Allen, CEO of Electra, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.
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Special Reports: Automotive
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Electric Vehicles - April 2025
In this collection of articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering and Battery & Electrification Technology, get an inside look at Hyundai's electrified and hydrogen future, Mercedes' innovative 'in...

INSIDER: Design
The Harvard RoboBee has long shown it can fly, dive, and hover like a real insect. But what good is the miracle of flight without a safe way to land? A storied engineering achievement by the Harvard...
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, Georgia Tech engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone...
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White Papers: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Servo Coupling – Stiff or Stiff Enough?
Servo coupling selection usually starts with a decision between torsionally stiff couplings and vibration damping couplings. Almost all applications can be categorized into one of four key types. Learn...

White Papers: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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DieQua’s New GearSync Servo Drives Offer Advanced Precision and Reliability
These servo reducers deliver exceptional performance for even the most demanding applications. They are expertly designed to meet the needs of industries such as...

INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
When it comes to haptic feedback, most technologies are limited to simple vibrations. But our skin is loaded with tiny sensors that detect pressure, vibration, stretching, and more. Now,...
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers at Stanford University have introduced a more efficient processing technique that can print up to 1 million highly detailed and customizable microscale particles a day. Read on to learn more about it.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The applications that require dewatering are too numerous to list in their entirety. Dewatering is a process that — as its name suggests — separates fluids from solids, often converting what would otherwise go down the drain or end up in a landfill into saleable products. Read on to learn more about it and how gear motors come into play.
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White Papers: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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The Benefits of Light Duty Coiled Spring Pins in Soft and Brittle Materials
Light Duty Coiled Spring Pins offer a variety of advantages in many applications including ease of installation, high retention, host material protection, and lower...

Special Reports: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Connected & Automated Vehicles - March 2025
In this compendium of articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering and ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Engineering, we look at the next generation of driver assistance and AV technologies, and...

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