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Quiz: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Labor shortages have caused farmers and food manufacturers to increasingly utilize agricultural robots for farming. Take this quiz to learn more.
Blog: Power
The all-terrain walking mech’s aim is to give humans the size and strength of giants. It does just that — times 50.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Untethered soft robots are poised to become even more agile and controlled.
INSIDER: Medical
Some 30,000 people in the U.S. are affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that damages cells in...
Briefs: Motion Control
Accomplishing motion control with digitally commanded electric motors is a responsive, precise, and energy-efficient approach suitable for a wide range of applications.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This system can track the motion of the entire body with a small sensory network.
Articles: Materials
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INSIDER: Motion Control
While conventional aircraft rely on protruding fins to enable steering, a tailless design makes the body as smooth and sleek as possible, making it safer to fly in dangerous areas where...
INSIDER: Unmanned Systems
It was believed that Hall thrusters, an efficient kind of electric propulsion widely used in orbit, need to be large to produce a lot of thrust. Now, a new study from the...
INSIDER: Medical
First, they walked. Then, they saw the light. Now, miniature biological robots have gained a new trick: remote control. These hybrid “eBiobots” are the first to...
Blog: Motion Control
By placing a metamaterial pattern on the surface of an object, the researchers were able to use sound to steer it in a certain direction without physically touching it.
Blog: Test & Measurement
A flapping-wing robot that can land autonomously on a horizontal perch using a claw-like mechanism.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
See 10 AR/VR technologies from CES 2023.
Blog: Defense
A study has perhaps solved the wind-turbine issue of causing harm to bats.
5 Ws: Motion Control
A team of researchers at Cornell Engineering has developed a soft robot that can detect when and where it was damaged — and then heal itself on the spot.
Briefs: Software
The software can be integrated with existing hardware to aid people using robotic prosthetics or exoskeletons.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A prototype version could be demonstrated on a large cargo lunar lander.
Briefs: Transportation
The tiny device accurately measures acceleration in smaller navigation systems and other devices.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The model allows robots to ask clarifying questions to soldiers.
Briefs: Motion Control
This mechanism improves rotordynamic stability in turbomachinery.
Quiz: Robotics, Automation & Control
Factories are becoming more and more automated and integrated. How much do you know about what factory automation actually is? Take this quiz to find out.
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and the University of California, Berkeley, have designed a robotic system that enables a low-cost and relatively small legged...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Hummingbirds occupy a unique place in nature: They fly like insects but have the musculoskeletal system of birds. According to Bo Cheng, Associate Professor in...
INSIDER: Automotive
Combustion engines, propellors, and hydraulic pumps are examples of fluidic devices — instruments that utilize fluids to perform certain functions, such as generating power or...
Quiz: Motion Control
Take this quiz to find out how much you know about the hyperloop - a system that moves people and goods safely and sustainably by bringing airplane speeds or even greater to the ground.
Briefs: Motion Control
Researchers produced a soft, mechanical metamaterial that can “think” about how forces are applied to it and respond via programmed reactions.
Briefs: Motion Control
Instead of adding soft materials to a rigid robot body, researchers have taken a soft body and added rigid features to key components.
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