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Special Reports: Unmanned Systems
Aerospace & Defense - October 2020
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology, you'll learn about NASA's return to the moon with Apollo's twin sister Artemis, how autonomous...Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This mini robot improves precision and control of teleoperated surgical procedures.
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Accelerometers, actuators, hexapods, and more.
Articles: Motion Control
By consolidating tasks traditionally performed by multiple devices into a single, high-performing controller, manufacturers can improve operations.
Briefs: Materials
A soft hydrogel, driven by an oscillatory chemical reaction, produces an autonomous integrated pump for microfluidic applications.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
This capability will optimize performance of the vehicle through different phases of flight.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This method could impact optical technologies such as smartphone cameras, biosensors, or autonomous vision for robots and self-driving cars.
Briefs: Aerospace
Tiny aircraft that weigh as much as a fruit fly could serve as Martian atmospheric probes.
Articles: Imaging
New collaborative robot-based vision systems are changing how manufacturers can inspect their parts.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The learning approach allows swarms of unmanned vehicles to optimally accomplish their mission while minimizing performance uncertainty.
Briefs: Motion Control
This system has a capacity of more than 1,500 times the volume of a typical testing facility.
Briefs: Wearables
Fully integrated flexible electronics made of magnetic sensors and organic circuits open the path towards the development of electronic skin.
NASA Spinoff: RF & Microwave Electronics
NASA's UAS traffic management expertise leads to advances in drone navigation.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This technology can work with multiple wavelengths of light simultaneously.
Special Reports: Packaging & Sterilization
Medical Manufacturing and Outsourcing - October 2020
Discover how advances in factory automation, robotics, 3D printing and other fabrication technologies are shaping the future of medical device manufacturing in this Special Report – a...INSIDER: Wearables
Researchers at the University of Houston report that they have designed and produced a smart electronic skin and a medical robotic hand capable of assessing vital diagnostic data...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
MIT startup Realtime Robotics invented a solution that gives robots the ability to quickly adjust their path to avoid objects as they move to a target. The Realtime controller can be connected to a...
Question of the Week: Energy
Will 'Biomorphic' Batteries Support a Future of Tiny Robots?
A Tech Briefs TV video highlighted a rechargeable zinc battery from the University of Michigan that integrates into the structure of a robot to provide much more energy. The “biomorphic” battery, according to researchers, could provide 72x more energy for robots.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Like biological fat reserves store energy in animals, a new rechargeable zinc battery integrates into the structure of a robot to provide much more energy, a team led by the...
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Are You OK With a Robot Taking Your Vitals?
The "Spot" robot, developed by Boston Dynamics, can measure skin temperature, breathing rate, pulse rate, and blood oxygen saturation in healthy patients, from a distance of 2 meters.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
A Cornell team developed paramecium-sized robots that can be controlled with lasers.
Podcasts: Imaging
Before delivery drones start carrying packages (and passenger drones start delivering ourselves), engineers will need to keep refining an unmanned aircraft's ability to navigate and...
Special Reports: Robotics, Automation & Control
Aerospace & Defense - September 2020
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology, you'll learn about the technology driving the Mars 2020 rover, how NASA will use GPS to navigate...Special Reports: Materials
Test & Measurement - September 2020
See how the latest test tools and methodologies are enabling new applications in aerospace, electronics, robotics, healthcare, and other key industries. This compendium of recent articles is presented by the...Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Learn the USB3 and GigE vision standards, how they keep pace with imaging technologies, and how augmenting the cabling is critical for optimal performance.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Designed to assist in robotic surgeries, biomedical devices can be printed in and on the human body.
Articles: Data Acquisition
Tech Briefs posed questions to machine learning/AI industry execs to get their opinions on platform selection, data interpretation, and more.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This process could lead to tiny, self-powered devices for environmental, industrial, or medical monitoring.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This material could be used for artificial muscles that power bio-inspired robots.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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INSIDER: Research Lab
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Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
The Real Impact of AR and AI in the Industrial Equipment Industry
Upcoming Webinars: Motion Control
Next-Generation Linear and Rotary Stages: When Ultra Precision...
Upcoming Webinars: Energy
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Power
SAE Automotive Podcast: Solid-State Batteries
Podcasts: Power
