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Briefs: AR/AI
The model allows robots to ask clarifying questions to soldiers.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This mechanism improves rotordynamic stability in turbomachinery.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers have been able to successfully teach micro-robots how to swim via deep reinforcement learning, marking a substantial leap in the progression of micro-swimming capability.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The robots will be challenged to carry out work too dangerous for humans.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
In-space and planetary surface assembly for human exploration is a challenging domain that encompasses various technological thrusts to support human missions.
Quiz: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Factories are becoming more and more automated and integrated. How much do you know about what factory automation actually is? Take this quiz to find out.
INSIDER: Design
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and the University of California, Berkeley, have designed a robotic system that enables a low-cost and relatively small legged...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Hummingbirds occupy a unique place in nature: They fly like insects but have the musculoskeletal system of birds. According to Bo Cheng, Associate Professor in...
INSIDER: Tubing & Extrusion
Combustion engines, propellors, and hydraulic pumps are examples of fluidic devices — instruments that utilize fluids to perform certain functions, such as generating power or...
Quiz: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Take this quiz to find out how much you know about the hyperloop - a system that moves people and goods safely and sustainably by bringing airplane speeds or even greater to the ground.
Quiz: Medical
How much do you know about e-skin? Find out with the quiz below.
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The new IRB 1010 robot from ABB (Cary, NC) offers electronics manufacturers the opportunity to increase their production of small wearable devices.
Briefs: Motion Control
Researchers produced a soft, mechanical metamaterial that can “think” about how forces are applied to it and respond via programmed reactions.
Briefs: Medical
Researchers have developed a shape-shifting material that can take and hold any possible shape.
Briefs: Motion Control
Instead of adding soft materials to a rigid robot body, researchers have taken a soft body and added rigid features to key components.
Briefs: Design
A new robotic system fuses visual information and radio-frequency signals to efficiently find hidden items buried under a pile of objects.
Briefs: Software
Researchers at University of Central Florida have developed an artificial intelligence device that mimics the retina of the eye.
Briefs: Aerospace
NASA is developing the next generation of spacesuits for future missions.
Briefs: Medical
The design goal is to provide exceptional RF signal range and stability, while also reducing power consumption, in a miniaturized package.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Innovators at NASA Johnson Space Center have designed an Active Debris Removal Vehicle that can remove large orbital debris from low-Earth orbit.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University believe they have developed the first AI pilot that enables autonomous aircraft to navigate a crowded airspace.
Articles: Test & Measurement
The integrated measuring system (IMS) has demonstrated notable cost savings and improved design efficiencies in linear motion automation applications.
Articles: Propulsion
Optimizing motor selection for motion control applications can have significant performance, cost, and maintenance benefits.
Products: Design
The new products for December 2022, including a micro-sized servo drive, HVAC drives, the LogiDrive system, and more.
Briefs: AR/AI
The new system learns directly from visual inputs to let a robot with a two-fingered gripper see, simulate, and shape doughy objects.
Briefs: Energy
A team has installed electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometers in size so that they can walk autonomously.
Briefs: Design
Researchers designed a new type of soft robotic gripper that uses a collection of thin tentacles to entangle and ensnare objects.
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Programming a robot for small series production activities with great diversity involves many trajectories, which is time-consuming.
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A developer needs confidence that the compiler will not introduce errors into the design.
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INSIDER: Imaging
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Articles: Aerospace
Countering the New Threat from the Sky: Advanced IR Imaging Zoom Lenses...
Webcasts
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