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INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
There is extensive research on how a fixed-position flap affects lift in the realm of fluid-structure interaction. However, taking the conversation in a new direction, researchers at...
INSIDER: Transportation
The town of Linköping, Sweden, has a small fleet of autonomous electric buses that carry riders along a predetermined route. The bright vehicles, emblazoned with the tagline, “Ride...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A self-navigating, cargo-carrying sailboat designed by a team of Rice University engineering students could be a sustaining link for Marines hunkered down on shore during war. The...
Blog: Test & Measurement
A soccer-playing, full-sized humanoid robot — ARTEMIS — with first-of-its-kind technology.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward, and dip under narrow spaces.
5 Ws: Manufacturing & Prototyping
MIT alumnus-founded FarmWise uses autonomous machines to snip weeds while preserving crops, eliminating the need for herbicides.
Special Reports: Robotics, Automation & Control
Aerospace & Defense Sensing - April 2023
NASA is applying sensor technologies to create a state-of-the-art dexterous humanoid robot, to monitor the structural health of inflatable habitats designed for Mars, and to test the first all-electric...
Briefs: Design
Interactive program aids motion planning for environments with obstacles.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Robotic vision has come a long way, reaching a level of sophistication with applications in complex and demanding tasks, such as autonomous driving and object manipulation.
Briefs: Software
The technology could be useful in manufacturing and assembly plants for sorting packages, or in any environment where humans and robots collaborate.
Briefs: Software
Researchers have developed the first ethical algorithm to fairly distribute the levels of risk rather than operating on an either/or principle.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The device uses soft robotics, ultra-thin electronics, and microfluidics.
Briefs: Design
The piezoelectric “meta-bot” is capable of propulsion, movement, sensing, and decision-making.
Articles: AR/AI
AV development will only become more important in the marketplace as the competition to produce new and advanced vehicle features continues to mount.
Articles: Software
Incorporating AI into a cobot-based application using a standard teach pendant or graphical user tool has been challenging and time-consuming, even for the most dedicated engineers.
Products: Motion Control
See the new products for April 2023, including combustion valves, a linear motion system, an autonomous mobile robot, and more.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
MIT engineers have come up with an innovative approach to building deformable underwater robots, using simple repeating substructures instead of unique components.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
A Data-Driven Framework for Testing the Safety of Legged Robots
When it comes to the evolution of mobile robots, it may be a long time before legged robots are able to safely interact in the real world, according to a new study.
Briefs: Design
A Terminator-style shape-shifting robot able to LIQUEFY and reform has been developed by engineers inspired by sea cucumbers.
Briefs: AR/AI
Researchers have developed a quadrupedal robot control technology that can walk robustly with agility even in deformable terrain such as sandy beach.
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
As battery manufacturers work to rapidly add new production capacity, they face a challenge in compressing the time it takes to build new production lines.
Articles: Motion Control
Automate, to be held from May 22-25 in Detroit, MI, will provide attendees the latest in cutting-edge robotics, vision, artificial intelligence, motion control, and more.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
As manufacturing automation rapidly advances, conveyors are not only being used for transportation but also accurate material (or product) placement.
INSIDER: AR/AI
A new virtual testing environment breaks the ‘curse of rarity’ for autonomous vehicle emergency decision-making.
INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A new system enables makers to incorporate sensors into gears and other rotational mechanisms with just one pass in a 3D printer.
Quiz: Motion Control
Labor shortages have caused farmers and food manufacturers to increasingly utilize agricultural robots for farming. Take this quiz to learn more.
Blog: Motion Control
Untethered soft robots are poised to become even more agile and controlled.
INSIDER: Wearables
Some 30,000 people in the U.S. are affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that damages cells in...
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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