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Briefs: Motion Control
NASA is developing the next generation of spacesuits for future missions.
Articles: Data Acquisition
The integrated measuring system (IMS) has demonstrated notable cost savings and improved design efficiencies in linear motion automation applications.
Articles: Motion Control
Optimizing motor selection for motion control applications can have significant performance, cost, and maintenance benefits.
Products: Motion Control
The new products for December 2022, including a micro-sized servo drive, HVAC drives, the LogiDrive system, and more.
Briefs: AR/AI
The new system learns directly from visual inputs to let a robot with a two-fingered gripper see, simulate, and shape doughy objects.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A team has installed electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometers in size so that they can walk autonomously.
Application Briefs: Motion Control
Programming a robot for small series production activities with great diversity involves many trajectories, which is time-consuming.
INSIDER: Design
Electrostatic actuators are simple and lightweight devices that emulate human muscles. However, their usage has primarily been restricted to moving small devices since they...
INSIDER: Materials
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Elisa Riedo and her team have discovered a fundamental friction law that is leading to a deeper understanding of energy dissipation...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Early in the pandemic, Víctor Ortega-Jiménez was exploring creeks near his home and observing springtails. The organisms are the most abundant non-insect hexapods on earth, and...
Quiz: Automotive
See how much you know about automated automobiles with this quiz.
Blog: Motion Control
The drawing machine uses pens with ink containing conductive material or regular mechanical pencils with varying graphite content.
INSIDER: Data Acquisition
The unassuming Pacific mole crab, Emerita analoga, is about to make some waves. UC Berkeley researchers have debuted a unique robot inspired by this burrowing crustacean that may someday help evaluate the soil...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Equipment and test system designers need Ethernet devices that outperform consumer-grade components, while remaining easy to use.
Special Reports: Motion Control
Medical Robotics - November 2022
"Millirobots" swimming in your bloodstream...soft robots you can print on demand...cobots hard at work in the test lab. Read about these and other innovative technologies in this compendium of recent articles...Special Reports: Test & Measurement
Automotive Test & Simulation - November 2022
In this compendium of articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering magazine, learn about the latest simulation and test technologies for ADAS, EV batteries, NVH, vehicle cybersecurity, and...Products: Energy
New products on the market in November 2022, including automotive relay, power inductors, RFID Read/Write modules, and more.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The integrated tool eliminates the need for manual operators or additional custom fixtures.
Briefs: Motion Control
Oscillatory and rotational motions of different parts are combined to pave the way to developing super-miniaturized mechanical devices.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This below-the-hook device enables gentle crane placement to decrease the risk of property damage.
Briefs: Energy
The soft and stretchable device converts movement into electricity and can work in wet environments.
INSIDER: Automotive
Akin to when Model Ts traveled alongside horses and buggies, autonomous vehicles (AVs) and human-driven vehicles (HVs) will someday share the road. How to best...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Scientists have developed a theory that can explain how flying insects determine the gravity direction without using accelerometers. It also forms a substantial step in the creation of...
INSIDER: Energy
Electrical machines consume nearly half of all the electrical power generated worldwide, making them one of the top contributors to carbon...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Scientists have developed a new technique for fabricating metamaterials from sheets of paper, using a computer to guide the movement of conductive ink pens and mechanical...
Products: Power
See the new products on the market in October 2022, including harsh duty photoelectric sensors, oil temperature sensors, aquatic pumps, and more.
Articles: Motion Control
This article looks at two real-world applications in which machine vision and motion control work in harmony to solve different manufacturing challenges.
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Read about the new products for October 2022, including rotary encoders, precision gearboxes, a brushless servo motor, and more.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Researchers have taken inspiration from origami to create inflatable structures that can bend, twist, and move in complex, distinct ways from a single source of pressure.
Top Stories
Blog: Design
Aerial Microrobots That Can Match a Bumblebee's Speed
Blog: Semiconductors & ICs
Revolutionizing the Production of Semiconductor Chips
News: Power
INSIDER: Unmanned Systems
World’s Smallest Programmable, Autonomous Robots
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
On-Demand Webinars: Power
Powering America’s EV Future: Connect, Collaborate, Innovate
Upcoming Webinars: Robotics, Automation & Control
Next-Generation Linear and Rotary Stages: When Ultra Precision...
Upcoming Webinars: Power
E/E Architecture Redefined: Building Smarter, Safer, and Scalable...
Upcoming Webinars: Energy
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Upcoming Webinars: Semiconductors & ICs
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
