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Briefs: Software
The automation of additive manufacturing (AM) is limited and usually still requires human labor workflows, including the fundamental step of removing the finished object from the printer...
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A fish-inspired robot that can travel 26 meters through the air after takeoff could be used to collect water samples in hazardous and cluttered environments, such...
Briefs: Software
With a training technique commonly used to teach dogs to sit and stay, computer scientists showed a robot how to teach itself several new tricks including stacking blocks. With the method,...
Application Briefs: Software
MBDA is one of the leading European manufacturers in the aerospace and armaments sector, specializing in the design of missiles and missile systems for the operational needs of the military....
Briefs: Imaging
Researchers have developed a robot that uses radio waves, which can pass through walls, to sense occluded objects. The robot, called RF-Grasp, combines this powerful sensing with more traditional computer vision to...
NASA Spinoff: Photonics/Optics
NASA’ Deep Space Network (DSN), a sort of GPS system for space, relies on atomic clocks for extreme accuracy. Any modern navigation system must accurately time radio signals to triangulate a location....
Special Reports: Aerospace
Aerospace Manufacturing - May 2022
Demanding applications in the aerospace industry require products and systems that are manufactured using advanced technologies – in additive manufacturing, machining, metrology, and more. To help you keep...Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
How a German manufacturer of screening machines discovered a low-cost solution for a collaborative robot that assists in the welding process.
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Are soft machines an important technology for the future?
Soft machines — a subcategory of robotics that uses deformable materials instead of rigid links — are an emerging technology commonly used in wearable robotics and biomimetics (e.g., prosthetic limbs).
INSIDER: Medical
MIT engineers have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat patients experiencing a stroke or aneurysm. With a modified joystick, surgeons...
INSIDER: Design
Engineering researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new type of flexible, robotic grippers that are able to lift delicate egg yolks without...
INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Inspired by the natural dexterity of the human hand, a team of engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has created a reconfigurable hybrid robotics system that is able to...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
What if your next surgery was planned and performed by a robot? A team at Johns Hopkins University is working to turn this idea into reality.
Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
Most optical networks have many fiber couplings and even minor losses at these junctions will produce significant signal losses that cause problems in data transmission. Precise fiber alignment at the optical...
Products: Electronics & Computers
Dual Locking C14 IEC Connector
The SG03DC from MEGA Electronics, New Brunswick, NJ, contains side locking tabs similar to the Raritan Securelock. It will mate with any standard nonlocking C13 Outlet along with...
Special Reports: Unmanned Systems
RF & Microwave Electronics - May 2022
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Aerospace & Defense Technology and Tech Briefs, read about how advances in RF electronics are enabling new applications in avionics systems,...INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Soft machines — a subcategory of robotics that uses deformable materials instead of rigid links — are an emerging technology commonly used in wearable robotics and biomimetics (e.g.,...
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Are You Excited for the Next Moon Missions?
A recent episode of our Here’s an Idea podcast series highlighted the work of Lunar Station Corporation – a Massachusetts-based company that aims to provide the next generation of Moon explorers with the data they need for landing and resource detection.
Podcasts: Data Acquisition
The private sector is heading to the Moon – Blair DeWitt and his team at Lunar Station Corp. want to provide the next generation of explorers with answers to their biggest navigation questions.
Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Aerospace & Defense Sensing - April 2022
Designing the connected battlespace of the future...mobile robots that detect and alert soldiers to dangers in real time...'electronic skin' sensors capable of mimicking the dynamic process of human...Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Modular robot platforms, automated crane systems, motion smoothing, and more.
Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Medical Robotics - April 2022
Novel biosensors set to revolutionize brain-controlled robotics...micro-robots propelled by air bubbles...a smart artificial hand...major advances in exoskeleton technology. These are just a few of the medical...Blog: Communications
The wire harness is changing as vehicles become “computers on wheels.” A reader asks how electrification impacts the wiring harness.
Special Reports: Unmanned Systems
Unmanned Systems - March 2022
Powering better battlefield drones...autonomous quadcopters that fly aerobatic maneuvers...a breakthrough in compact UAV satellite communications technology. Read about these and other advances in air, ground, and...Facility Focus: Robotics, Automation & Control
Michigan engineers and collaborators are improving smart infrastructure, autonomous transportation, weather prediction, nuclear non-proliferation, and more.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Twisted nanoscale semiconductors manipulate light in a new way. This effect could be harnessed to accelerate the discovery and development of life-saving medicines as well as photonic...
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Synthesized micro-robots can convert their mechanical motion into a means of self-propulsion in water.
Blog: Photonics/Optics
Editor Bruce A. Bennett reports from SPIE Photonics West 2022 in San Francisco.
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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The Real Impact of AR and AI in the Industrial Equipment Industry
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Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Power
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