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5 Ws: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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: Robotics, Automation & Control
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: Medical
The device uses soft robotics, ultra-thin electronics, and microfluidics.
Briefs: AR/AI
The piezoelectric “meta-bot” is capable of propulsion, movement, sensing, and decision-making.
Articles: Unmanned Systems
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: Robotics, Automation & Control
See the new products for April 2023, including combustion valves, a linear motion system, an autonomous mobile robot, and more.
Briefs: Design
MIT engineers have come up with an innovative approach to building deformable underwater robots, using simple repeating substructures instead of unique components.
Briefs: AR/AI
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: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers have developed a quadrupedal robot control technology that can walk robustly with agility even in deformable terrain such as sandy beach.
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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: Robotics, Automation & Control
As manufacturing automation rapidly advances, conveyors are not only being used for transportation but also accurate material (or product) placement.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Automation vendors are looking for the latest technology that will give them a competitive advantage.
INSIDER: Aerospace
A new virtual testing environment breaks the ‘curse of rarity’ for autonomous vehicle emergency decision-making.
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study led by Lund University in Sweden. The results could mean that wing-folding is the next...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
A new system enables makers to incorporate sensors into gears and other rotational mechanisms with just one pass in a 3D printer.
Blog: Unmanned Systems
A Tech Briefs interview with DART team member Dr. Saverio Cambioni.
Quiz: Robotics, Automation & Control
Labor shortages have caused farmers and food manufacturers to increasingly utilize agricultural robots for farming. Take this quiz to learn more.
Blog: Power
The all-terrain walking mech’s aim is to give humans the size and strength of giants. It does just that — times 50.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This spring, a small army of Cornell University-developed PhytoPatholoBots (PPB) will be deployed to four grape breeding programs across the U.S. on a mission to guide the global...
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Blog: Lighting
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Blog: Energy
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INSIDER: Energy
Advancing All-Solid-State Batteries
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Blog: Design
Blog: Design
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