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INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Modern agricultural tractors contain so much cutting-edge technology, they rival even the latest spacecraft. But the back end is still old-school, relying largely on fossil fuels....
INSIDER: Motion Control
Researchers at Caltech have built a bipedal robot that combines walking with flying to create a new type of locomotion, making it exceptionally nimble and capable of...
Briefs: Energy
This practical technique uses magnetism to transmit electricity wirelessly to recharge electric cars, robots, or drones.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
The algorithm calculates time-optimal trajectories that fully consider the drones’ limitations.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A silicon chip provides a low-cost solution to help machines see the world clearly.
UpFront: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA's satellite data reveals the pandemic's effect on our atmosphere, and a team of shoebox-sized rover scouts is prepped for the lunar surface.
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A mobile robot will go to the South Pole of the Moon — with help from radiation-hardened avionics.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
UAVs can land on moving unmanned ground vehicles without GPS.
Facility Focus: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Purdue University is helping to create better battery monitoring, stretchable biosensors, allergen detectors, and more.
Briefs: AR/AI
It can also find the nearest electric wall outlet to recharge without human assistance.
Briefs: Motion Control
The model allows robots to ask clarifying questions to soldiers.
Briefs: Motion Control
This mechanism improves rotordynamic stability in turbomachinery.
Briefs: Aerospace
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The retrofit uses unconventional technologies.
Articles: Motion Control
Hypoid gears have a growing presence in the industrial power transmission and motion control industries.
Articles: Imaging
To make robots truly see, you need the right software.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
As more manufacturers implement robots, hand guidance tools and techniques will continue to expand in functionality and become even easier to use.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The multi-legged robots are capable of maneuvering in challenging environments.
Briefs: Materials
The “nanoswimmers” could be used to remediate contaminated soil, improve water filtration, or even deliver drugs to targeted areas of the body.
INSIDER: Motion Control
NASA Kennedy Space Center developed the Inductive Non-Contact Position Sensor for motion control applications. The sensor was designed to monitor the precise movements of an optical inspection system that...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
University of Cincinnati researchers developed an autonomous robot that can open a door for itself. It uses an appendage on a simple motorized lift the robot can raise and lower to reach a...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
A robotic hand system was developed at MIT that can reorient over 2,000 diverse objects with a hand facing both upward and downward, in a step toward more human-like manipulation. This...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers from Harvard University developed a new approach in which robotic exosuit assistance can be calibrated to an individual and adapt to a variety of real-world walking tasks in a...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
An autonomous robotic rover, Benthic Rover II, has provided new insight into life 13,100 feet beneath the surface of the ocean. The data collected are fundamental to understanding the...
Blog: RF & Microwave Electronics
A reader asks a simulation expert: How do you compensate for the interaction of rain or snow storms on lidar sensors?
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
To have a successful product, one must consider all the required sub-systems to deliver high-quality illumination.
Products: Data Acquisition
Infrared lens testers, fiber optic transceivers, spectral radiometers, and more.
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
The third flight of SLS and Orion will carry the first woman and first person of color to the Moon.
Top Stories
Blog: Lighting
A Stretchable OLED that Can Maintain Most of Its Luminescence
Blog: Energy
Batteries that Can Withstand the Cold
INSIDER: Energy
Advancing All-Solid-State Batteries
Quiz: Energy
Blog: Physical Sciences
Blog: Materials
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