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Browse innovative developments in motion control technologies. Find essential news, technical briefs and applications used in PID controllers, servo motors, direct drive solutions, autonomous positioning, and motion-related components.
Nanotechnology Repairs Engine Damage in Cars
A Squid-Like Robot Swims, Untethered
How to Charge an Underwater Robot? A Mobile Docking Station
New Method for Large-Scale 3D Printing of Rocket Engines
What's Best for Autonomous Cars: LiDAR vs Radar vs Cameras
Conventional aircraft configurations have three power options: pneumatic, electrical, and hydraulic. To move to a solely electric aircraft, however, requires new components such as high-speed motors, power electronics, and high-voltage cabling.
Biomedical and life science applications depend on precise, repeatable liquid handling. Pressure-controlled liquid dispensing systems provide a simple, quick and cost-effective way to dose nanoliter- to...
MIT startup Realtime Robotics invented a solution that gives robots the ability to quickly adjust their path to avoid objects as they move to a target. The Realtime controller can be connected to...
For planned robotic and crewed missions to the Moon and Mars, NASA is developing and testing precise landing and hazard-avoidance technologies. A combination of laser sensors, a camera, a high-speed...
Experts predict that by 2040, most forms of transportation will leverage electric motors and/or cleaner sources of fuel to meet heightened emissions standards....
Since its creation in the 1980s, 3D printing has evolved tremendously, with more printing technologies and material types available. Research shows that engineers in North America are optimistic about the future...
Closed-loop motion control systems use feedback to ensure the precise positioning of mechanical components. Self-contained position sensors, such as rotary encoders, can do a...
A NASA team is working on Mars robot autonomy to make future rovers more intelligent, to enhance safety, to improve productivity, and to drive faster and farther. Two novel...
The Army Research Laboratory released a software suite that simulates conditions of an underground tunnel network. Researchers interested in developing robots for subterranean environments can...
This report examines types of fittings commonly used with plastic and rubber tubing. Included are barbed designs, push-to-connects, compression types with multiple components, and...
As an integral part of onshore and offshore drilling, mud pumps circulate drilling fluids to facilitate drilling oil and natural gas wells. Mud pumps stabilize pressure and support the well during...
Metal Injection Molding’s Role in Automotive
Technical Ceramics: The Powerhouse of Advanced Materials
PPAP Reviews Using AI and Machine Learning
Customizing Actuators Using COTS Drive Components for Martian...
2020 Create the Future Contest Awards
Advancement of Spectrum Analysis Techniques for Tracking,...
Selecting Pressure Sensors for Autoclaves
Film Blocks Electromagnetic Interference
Smart Sensor Technology for the IoT
Nanotechnology Repairs Engine Damage in Cars
High-Power-Density Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
