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Briefs: Software
An upgraded mini robot can leap over obstacles with ease.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
This microbot can walk on land, swim, and walk underwater.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving together to transport objects.
Briefs: Wearables
These stickers wirelessly beam health readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing.
Briefs: Energy
Power System for Hybrid Heavy-Duty Trucks
Electric motors and gas-alcohol engines could slash pollution levels and greenhouse gases from long-haul trucks.
INSIDER: Motion Control
Researchers developed a microrobot that measures a few micrometers across and resembles a paper bird made with origami. It flaps its wings or bends its neck and retracts its head via...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
“Cobots” allow companies of almost any size to automate processes that were previously out of reach.
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Sensing technology will help to transform manufacturing floors into the connected factories of the future.
Facility Focus: Communications
Glenn's research facilities have contributed to decades of technology advances.
Briefs: Motion Control
A technology uses a combination of WiFi signals and accelerometer technology to track devices in near-real-time.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A synthetic skin enables robots to sense their own bodies and surroundings
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Researchers have developed a self-contained wheel unit that combines a wheel and an electric motor.
Briefs: Motion Control
The technology can be used in commercial motors, robotic systems, and hybrid and electric vehicles.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality by instantaneously adapting to a wearer's movements.
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The ESA has commissioned its industry partners to design a new docking system called the International Berthing and Docking Mechanism (IBDM).
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The algorithm speeds up the planning process that robots use to adjust their grip on objects.
Application Briefs: Materials
Salty air the Dutch city of Harlingen causes exposed metal parts to corrode.
INSIDER: Motion Control
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory took inspiration from flying insects to create a miniaturized gyroscope, a special sensor used in...
INSIDER: Software
MIT and Toyota researchers have designed a new model to help autonomous vehicles determine when it’s safe to merge into traffic at intersections with obstructed views. The model uses its own...
INSIDER: Motion Control
If you’ve ever tried to hold a camera steady for a long exposure in low light, you know exactly what happens: the camera shakes and the image blurs. The same can happen with images from...
Products: Test & Measurement
3D-printing platforms, simulation software, transistors, and more.
Products: Electronics & Computers
LIDAR Systems, Smart Cameras, Optical Communications, and more.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Researchers have created a motion-powered, fireproof sensor that can track the movements of firefighters, steelworkers, miners, and others who work in high-risk environments where they cannot always be seen. The...
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A perception system for soft robots was developed that is inspired by the way humans process information about their own bodies in space and in relation to other objects and people. The system includes a motion...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Wearable Motion Sensors Measure Fetal Heartbeat
A technique was developed that could allow expectant parents to hear their baby’s heartbeat continuously at home with a non-invasive and safe device that is potentially more accurate than any fetal heartrate monitor currently available in the market.
INSIDER: Motion Control
MIT researchers have compiled a dataset that captures the detailed behavior of a robotic system physically pushing hundreds of different objects. Using the dataset, robots “learn” pushing...
News: Aerospace
A Tech Briefs reader asks: What's next with military motion control?
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new drone “folds” itself into configurations that suit a given environment.
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
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