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Blog: Energy'Direct Thermal Charging Cell' Turns Waste Heat into Power
Blog: Sensors/Data AcquisitionA Breakthrough in Earthquake Forecasting: Floating Buoy Measures Seafloor...
INSIDER: Motion ControlInsect-Inspired Motion Sensing
Videos: Motion Control"M-Blocks" Jump, Flip, Communicate, and Self-Assemble into Structures
Blog: Manufacturing & PrototypingAluminum Joining Methods: Welding vs. Adhesives
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition3D-Printed Plastics with High Performance Electrical Circuits
At the CES Unveiled kickoff event last week, Sony demonstrated Aibo, a social robotic pet. The technology, which will make the trip to CES 2020 in Las Vegas, makes dog noises, responds to commands, and uses cameras to recognize specific owners and their patterns. Take a look at Aibo on our Tech Briefs Instagram.
Commercial aircraft are typically manufactured in sections, often in different locations, and then flown to a central plant for final assembly. Researchers at MIT are hoping to change that.
For decades, robots in controlled environments like assembly lines have been able to pick up the same object over and over again. More recently, breakthroughs in computer vision have enabled...
A novel approach was developed to improve communications range and allow for covert behavior using a team of robots for future multi-domain operations. Specifically, researchers...
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...
Flying animals both power and control flight by flapping their wings. This enables small natural flyers such as insects to hover close to a flower but also to rapidly escape danger. Animal flight has...
A system was developed that uses radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to help robots target moving objects with unprecedented speed and accuracy. The system could enable greater...
Researchers have developed a fiber that combines the elasticity of rubber with the strength of a metal, resulting in a tougher material. The fibers consist of a gallium metal core...
Humans use the sense of touch to accomplish almost every daily task such as picking up a cup of coffee or shaking someone’s hand. Without it, humans can even lose their sense of balance when walking. Similarly, robots need to have a sense of touch in order to interact better with humans but...
Researchers have developed a formula that enables them to recreate different levels of perceived softness. Based on the results from their experiments, they created equations that can calculate how...
UCLA engineers have made major improvements on their design of an optical neural network — a device inspired by how the human brain works — that can identify objects or process...
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...
When designing an automated test system, an important but often overlooked task is the development of a signal routing subsystem that connects the test instrumentation and switching elements to the device under test. Implementing a signal routing...
Rapid, Selective Volatile Emissions Testing for Vehicles and Components
Enhance Product Design and Dependability with Advanced Coating Technologies
Collaborative Robot Applications in the Automotive Industry
Update on Civil Certification of Multicore Processing Systems in...
Blog: Wearables'Direct Thermal Charging Cell' Turns Waste Heat into Power
Blog: AerospaceA Standalone AC Battery Begins with a Cathode, an Anode, and a 'Biode'
INSIDER: Photonics/OpticsExposing Cathodes to Light Decreases Charge Time in Lithium-Ion Batteries
Blog: MaterialsCreating the Future: New Take on Welding Gun Bonds Plastic and Metal — In...
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid SystemsA Breakthrough in Earthquake Forecasting: Floating Buoy Measures Seafloor Motion
