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Briefs: Motion Control
Hundreds of drones can recharge autonomously on unmanned ground vehicles.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
“Smellicopter” uses a live moth antenna to avoid obstacles and seek out smells.
Articles: Unmanned Systems
In-air UAV docking, digital communication via touch, and a computer-vision monitor for diabetes.
Briefs: Materials
Real-time health monitoring and sensing abilities of robots require soft electronics, but a challenge of using such materials lies in their reliability.
Application Briefs: Transportation
See what kinds of sensors are supporting self-driving vehicles.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Perseverance – the largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world – touched down on Mars last week after a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles. About the size of a car, the...
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
To move, a new UCSD robot just needs a constant source of pressurized air.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Dr. Axel Krieger from Johns Hopkins University explains how he is getting a robotic system ready for the fight against COVID-19.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
What can you do with a credit card sized pump? "Power clothing!" Prof. Jonathan Rossiter tells Tech Briefs?
Blog: Aerospace
Watch as the Perseverance rover lands on Mars.
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Do You Like the Idea of Robots in the Hospital?
Our brand-new episode of Here’s an Idea highlighted a growing use of robots and robotic arms in the hospital. While technologies like “Tommy” and “Tiago” are helpful in completing tedious, repetitive tasks, the robots do lack a certain human touch, says our editor Sherrie Trigg.
Podcasts: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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.
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Will ‘Bubble Robots’ Catch On?
A group of researchers are using a surprising ingredient in their robot design: Bubbles. (Watch the demo on Tech Briefs TV.)
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A research team from National University of Singapore (NUS) has taken a first step towards improving the safety and precision of industrial robotic arms by developing a new range of...
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Can 'Bluebots' Preserve Coral Reefs?
A team of Harvard researchers have developed fish-inspired robots that can synchronize their movements like a real school of fish, without any external control. (Watch the robots in action on Tech Briefs TV.)
Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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 read...Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Applications include aiding patients with impaired hand muscle strength and in manufacturing for operating tools for extended periods of time.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This system can track the motion of the entire body with a small sensory network.
Products: Imaging
Industrial robots, motor disconnect switches, position sensors, and more.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This optical-based device measures position, velocity, and torque.
Application Briefs: Software
“The disruption promised by Industry 4.0 has already begun,” says Jason Melcher from the aerospace manufacturing company Ingersoll.
Briefs: Materials
A new method of linking materials with unique mechanical properties could enable robots made of robots.
5 Ws: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The battery can be used in flexible, stretchable electronics for wearables as well as soft robotics.
NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
With a technique first used at NASA, researchers are making glasses that can improve your concentration.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new method manufactures complex shapeshifters for soft robots and biomedical implants.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
These nanomaterial strain sensors are ten times more sensitive when measuring minute movements compared to existing technology.
Articles: Internet of Things
Tech Briefs asks industry experts about cybersecurity, the cloud, wireless devices, and securing a remote workforce.
Facility Focus: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Some of the technologies coming from the UT labs include COVID antibody tests, self-watering soil, and the "DRACO" robot.
Top Stories
Blog: Lighting
A Stretchable OLED that Can Maintain Most of Its Luminescence
INSIDER: Energy
Advancing All-Solid-State Batteries
Blog: Power
My Opinion: We Need More Power Soon — Is Nuclear the Answer?
Quiz: Energy
Blog: Lighting Technology
Microscopic Swimming Machines that Can Sense, Respond to Surroundings
Blog: Data Acquisition
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