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The modern world relies on electric power in countless ways. It is almost impossible to imagine life without electricity and the many applications it enables. This reliance...
Cyber-physical systems (CPS) like the Festo Motion Terminal promise to increase production, simplify value chain processes and future-proof plants. In a new white paper, we explore...
How can replacing your current shaft couplings to improve your industrial productivity?
This white paper describes the advantages and disadvantages of different types and configurations of encoders with a focus on devices using an Ethernet/IP interface.
Pneumatic grippers are an integral part of pick-and-place, material transfer and part ejection applications, but traditional designs come with limitations. Fabco-Air SPG...
Our lead INSIDER story today focused on the environmental impacts of robotics and automation.
Andantex USA offers modular system building blocks consisting of Racks, Pinions, Planetary Reducers, and lubrication systems to build linear axes of any length and move weights from 100 to...
When designing a test bench, Particle brakes made by Merobel™ provide an excellent solution , because of their ability to generate a torque that is precise, variable and easy to control - at a reasonable...
The positioning mechanism you choose must perform with accuracy and precision while offering the right attributes for your application. Your options for positioning tables...
As engineering professor Mable Fok saw how the pole beans in her garden wrapped tightly around any objects nearby, she had an idea:
What if a robotic gripper could do the same...
USC researchers have developed a method that could allow robots to learn complicated new tasks, like setting a table or driving a car, from observing a small number of demonstrations.
Scientists from the U.S. Army and MIT created a new way to link materials with unique mechanical properties, opening up the possibility of future military robots made of robots. The method...
Our second INSIDER story today highlights an innovative combination of autonomous drones and live moth antennae: The “Smellicopter.”
In industries like printer design, semiconductor manufacturing and machine tools, cable carrier systems can vibrate, which affects the production equipment’s accuracy and...
Today's Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and connected cars are paving the way for tomorrow's automated vehicles. To help you keep pace with the latest technology developments, we present this...
Ultra-High Purity Silicone in Aerospace and Defense Product Design
Lunch & Learn: Pitfalls of Medical Cord Sets
A Four-Pillar Approach to Driving Greater Efficiency ePowertrain...
Confident TCU Connectivity Through Efficient Functional Testing
7 Levers for Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
Online Tools Reduce Time and Expense in Selecting, Configuring, and Ordering...
5G in Manufacturing: What’s Here and What’s to Come
2020 Create the Future Design Contest: Automotive/Transportation Category...
Capacitive Sensors for Measuring Masses of Cryogenic Fluids
Bacteria-Based Hydrogel Beads Clean Up Contaminated Groundwater