Robotics, Automation & Control

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Access your resource for innovative automation technologies and applications. Find technical briefs and applications that play an essential role in today's age of automation in industrial manufacturing and medical industries.

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Articles: Internet of Things
Live discussions will explore electric vehicles, propulsion, advanced electronics, and more.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The algorithms enable drones to quickly switch between hover and forward flight.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
To move, a new UCSD robot just needs a constant source of pressurized air.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Dr. Axel Krieger from Johns Hopkins University explains how he is getting a robotic system ready for the fight against COVID-19.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Darin Skelly spoke with Tech Briefs about how he felt during the landing of the Perseverance rover, and what he's most looking forward to finding out about Mars.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Watch as the Perseverance rover lands on Mars.
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Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
In this episode of Here's an Idea, we look at a set of robots already helping out hospitals in the fight against COVID-19.
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Special Reports: Motion Control
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Test & Measurement - February 2021

Sensors to search for ancient life on Mars...nano-thermometers that could revolutionize temperature measurement...a major advance in semiconductor testing. These are just a few of the technologies you'll...

Articles: Data Acquisition
Tech Briefs asks industry experts about cybersecurity, the cloud, wireless devices, and securing a remote workforce.
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Products: Imaging
Industrial robots, motor disconnect switches, position sensors, and more.
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Briefs: Energy
These nanomaterial strain sensors are ten times more sensitive when measuring minute movements compared to existing technology.
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NASA Spinoff: Manufacturing & Prototyping
With a technique first used at NASA, researchers are making glasses that can improve your concentration.
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Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Will Robotics and Automation Lead to a Greater Appreciation of Nature?

Our lead INSIDER story today focused on the environmental impacts of robotics and automation.

Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
A survey of over 170 experts assessed the opportunities and challenges that drones, robots, and autonomous systems could have for urban nature and green spaces.
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Facility Focus: Propulsion
Stanford University’s School of Engineering has been at the forefront of innovation for nearly a century
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The material, commonly found in house paint, can be used in a device to more efficiently process information.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

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...

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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

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.

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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

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...

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Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Could ‘Smellicopters’ Someday Support Search-and-Rescue?

Our second INSIDER story today highlights an innovative combination of autonomous drones and live moth antennae: The “Smellicopter.”

Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
UW doctoral student Melanie Anderson explains how to make an autonomous 'Smellicopter' to navigate toward smells.
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Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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ADAS/Connected Car - December 2020

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...

Articles: Motion Control
A panel of experts explains how robots are playing a larger role in manufacturing.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Jacobs' scientists are helping to make contract-tracing apps, emergency-use ventilators, and even squid-bots.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
This lightweight, portable garment is designed for active shoulder and elbow positioning.
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Briefs: Aerospace
This system can be used for long-range or high-payload deliveries as well as search and rescue.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The mobile system could reduce healthcare workers’ exposure to the COVID-19 virus.
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Briefs: Communications
Wire-connected drones may complement or replace the fixed base stations of cellular communications networks.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This robotic finger has a highly precise sense of touch over a complex, multi-curved surface.
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Webcasts

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On-Demand Webinars: Defense

From Data to Decision: How AI Enhances Warfighter Readiness

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Upcoming Webinars: Aerospace

April Battery & Electrification Summit

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Upcoming Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Tech Update: 3D Printing for Transportation in 2024

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Upcoming Webinars: Materials

Unleashing Epoxy's Potential: Ensuring Hermetic Sealing in Modern...

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Upcoming Webinars: Test & Measurement

Building an Automotive EMC Test Plan

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Upcoming Webinars: Aerospace

The Moon and Beyond from a Thermal Perspective

Videos