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Briefs: Transportation
This practical technique uses magnetism to transmit electricity wirelessly to recharge electric cars, robots, or drones.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The algorithm calculates time-optimal trajectories that fully consider the drones’ limitations.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A silicon chip provides a low-cost solution to help machines see the world clearly.
UpFront: Robotics, Automation & Control
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: Electronics & Computers
A mobile robot will go to the South Pole of the Moon — with help from radiation-hardened avionics.
Briefs: Software
UAVs can land on moving unmanned ground vehicles without GPS.
Facility Focus: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Purdue University is helping to create better battery monitoring, stretchable biosensors, allergen detectors, and more.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
It can also find the nearest electric wall outlet to recharge without human assistance.
Briefs: AR/AI
The model allows robots to ask clarifying questions to soldiers.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This mechanism improves rotordynamic stability in turbomachinery.
Briefs: Motion Control
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
Application Briefs: Motion Control
The retrofit uses unconventional technologies.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Hypoid gears have a growing presence in the industrial power transmission and motion control industries.
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
To make robots truly see, you need the right software.
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
As more manufacturers implement robots, hand guidance tools and techniques will continue to expand in functionality and become even easier to use.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The multi-legged robots are capable of maneuvering in challenging environments.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The “nanoswimmers” could be used to remediate contaminated soil, improve water filtration, or even deliver drugs to targeted areas of the body.
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Motors, suspension arms, slit couplings, and more.
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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: Robotics, Automation & Control
A reader asks a simulation expert: How do you compensate for the interaction of rain or snow storms on lidar sensors?
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
To have a successful product, one must consider all the required sub-systems to deliver high-quality illumination.
Products: Motion Control
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.
Articles: Motion Control
The e-kit promises to be a low-cost solution in the developing world.
Articles: Transportation
Av four-legged soft robot walks, without requiring any electronics.
Top Stories
Blog: Semiconductors & ICs
Revolutionizing the Production of Semiconductor Chips
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Aerial Microrobots That Can Match a Bumblebee's Speed
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
News: Energy
INSIDER: Imaging
A New Tool for Measuring Femtosecond Lasers
Articles: Aerospace
Countering the New Threat from the Sky: Advanced IR Imaging Zoom Lenses...
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: Motion Control
Next-Generation Linear and Rotary Stages: When Ultra Precision...
Upcoming Webinars: Power
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On-Demand Webinars: AR/AI
The Real Impact of AR and AI in the Industrial Equipment Industry
Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Energy
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