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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Research reveals that expertly timed lasers shined at an approaching LIDAR system can create a blind spot in front of the vehicle.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
A flapping-wing robot that can land autonomously on a horizontal perch using a claw-like mechanism.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See 10 AR/VR technologies from CES 2023.
5 Ws: Motion Control
A team of researchers at Cornell Engineering has developed a soft robot that can detect when and where it was damaged — and then heal itself on the spot.
Special Reports: Aerospace
Space Technology - January 2023
Read about robot construction workers on the moon, the first commercial space station, what's next for the James Webb Space Telescope, and much more in this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech...Briefs: AR/AI
Researchers have been able to successfully teach micro-robots how to swim via deep reinforcement learning, marking a substantial leap in the progression of micro-swimming capability.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This mechanism improves rotordynamic stability in turbomachinery.
Briefs: Design
In-space and planetary surface assembly for human exploration is a challenging domain that encompasses various technological thrusts to support human missions.
Quiz: Robotics, Automation & Control
Factories are becoming more and more automated and integrated. How much do you know about what factory automation actually is? Take this quiz to find out.
Quiz: Wearables
How much do you know about e-skin? Find out with the quiz below.
Briefs: Design
Innovators at NASA Johnson Space Center have designed an Active Debris Removal Vehicle that can remove large orbital debris from low-Earth orbit.
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
A developer needs confidence that the compiler will not introduce errors into the design.
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Programming a robot for small series production activities with great diversity involves many trajectories, which is time-consuming.
Briefs: Design
Researchers designed a new type of soft robotic gripper that uses a collection of thin tentacles to entangle and ensnare 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.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The new system learns directly from visual inputs to let a robot with a two-fingered gripper see, simulate, and shape doughy objects.
Briefs: Communications
A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University believe they have developed the first AI pilot that enables autonomous aircraft to navigate a crowded airspace.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
A new robotic system fuses visual information and radio-frequency signals to efficiently find hidden items buried under a pile of objects.
Quiz: Motion Control
See how much you know about automated automobiles with this quiz.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) announced that it has developed a gripper capable of all gripping movements, inspired by elephant trunks. It mimics how elephants...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
If you’ve ever played the claw game at an arcade, you know how hard it is to grab and hold onto objects using robotic grippers. Imagine how much more nerve-wracking that game would be if,...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
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
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...Special Reports: Robotics, Automation & 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: Materials
Additive Manufacturing - November 2022
AM/3D Printing is fundamentally changing how products are prototyped and produced in aerospace, medical, electronics, and many other fields. To help you keep pace with the latest advances, we present this...Quiz: Software
Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is gradually increasing across industries. How much do you know about AI in manufacturing? Take this quiz to find out.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Engineers have installed tiny electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots so that the machines can walk autonomously, sans external control.
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
INSIDER: Research Lab
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Podcasts: Medical
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