Motion Control/Automation

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Explore the latest developments in motion control and automation. Discover innovative advances from NASA and major research labs in robotics, autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, PID controller applications, motor drives and power transmissions.

Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control

High-Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Monitoring Meteorological Parameters

The system uses infrasonic acoustics for weather monitoring and for drone or UAV activity.

Briefs: Aerospace

Insect-Sized Agile Drones

These tiny aerial robots can operate in cramped spaces and withstand collisions.

Briefs: AR/AI

Robot Detects and Shares Changes in 3D in Real Time

A robot could immediately alert a human of small changes in their surrounding environment.

Products: Test & Measurement

New on the Market: July 2021

Temperature transmitters, robotic tool changers, epoxy adhesives, and more.

Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping

System Provides Robots with Context Awareness

The system enables robots to predict what their human coworker will do next.

Briefs: Electronics & Computers

System for In-Situ Defect Detection in Composites During Cure

This system enhances processing via real-time, non-destructive defect tracking.

Briefs: Transportation

Ultra-Thin, Energy-Efficient Photodetector Integrated with Gorilla Glass

This could lead to the commercial development of smart glass, with applications ranging from imaging to advanced robotics.

INSIDER: Materials

Material Motion is “Flexoelectric”

Researchers from the University of Houston have demonstrated “giant flexoelectricity” in soft elastomers that could improve robot movement range and make self-powered pacemakers a real...

Tech Talks: Robotics, Automation & Control

Developing Realistic Scenes to Enable Virtual Automated Driving Testing

This Tech Talk examines how to design 3D scenes for simulating and testing automated driving systems. The designed scenes can be exported to most driving simulation environments. Also discussed is how to create a scene using RoadRunner and then run it in CARLA, an...

Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control

Here's an Idea: Surgery Robots

In this episode of Here’s an Idea, we speak to three researchers who are finding ways to automate surgical tasks, from suturing,to spotting tumors.

White Papers: Motion Control

RESOLUTE™ Encoders Make RF Antenna Positioning Accuracy and Resolution 100 Times Better

Pacific Antenna Systems (PAS) designs, fabricates, and manufactures antenna systems that use radio frequency (RF) ranging from 1 to 110 GHz....

Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition

A Robotic 'Digger Finger' Senses Buried Items

The technology uses tactile sensing to identify objects underground.

Application Briefs: Motion Control

New Hybrid Concept for Actuating Subsea Valves

A valve actuator has deep-sea applications.

Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Linear Bearings: What You Need to Know

Learn the distinct forms that linear bearings take, and where the bearings are being used today.

Briefs: Motion Control

3D Motion Tracking System for Autonomous Technology

The system could one day replace LiDAR and cameras in automated manufacturing, biomedical imaging, and autonomous driving.

Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Options Abound When Selecting a Sensor for Motor Feedback

Designers who must sense motor position, speed, or acceleration have a lot of choices, including resolvers, optical encoders, and Hall-effect devices.