The non-destructive coating has applications in structural health monitoring, aerospace, automotive, and military/defense.

Various components are used to assemble robots that are more aware of their surroundings.

Isolators used to control semiconductor manufacturing keep the James Webb Space Telescope steady.

An upgraded mini robot can leap over obstacles with ease.

If a satellite breaks in orbit, there's not much that can be done. A professor envisions a new idea for refueling and repair.

Glenn's research facilities have contributed to decades of technology advances.

The Foldable Drone: a Morphing Quadrotor that can Squeeze and Fly

Davide Falanga, Kevin Kleber, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano, and Davide...

Thermal cameras like forward looking infrared (FLIR) sensors are actively deployed on aerial and ground vehicles, in watch towers, and at check points for surveillance purposes. More recently,...

Learn about the Draper Multi-Environment Navigator.

LIDAR Systems, Smart Cameras, Optical Communications, and more.

Machine vision systems shed light on processes too small or too fast to see with the human eye.

Researchers have developed a new self-calibrating endoscope that produces 3D images of objects smaller than a single cell without a lens or any optical, electrical, or...

High quality camera performance on mobile devices has proven to be one of the features that most end-users aim for. The importance of optical image quality improvement and the trend to have thinner and thinner...

A new imaging method extracts a color image from a single exposure of light scattered through a mostly opaque material.

UCLA engineers have made major improvements on their design of an optical neural network — a device inspired by how the human brain works — that can identify objects or process...

Most of us know optical lenses as curved, transparent pieces of plastic or glass, designed to focus light for microscopes, spectacles, cameras, and more. For the most part, a...

A new drone “folds” itself into configurations that suit a given environment.

Supersonic flight over land is generally prohibited because sonic booms created by shockwaves disturb people on the ground and can damage property. Armstrong innovators are working to...

Program managers and engineers in the military markets need to know about the emergence of new display technologies in the consumer sector.

Two industry experts respond to a Tech Briefs reader question.

Accurately detecting, locating, and quantifying leaks of methane — the main component of natural gas and a major fuel source worldwide — is critically important for both environmental...

The production of precision products depends on robot control systems knowing the location of the adhesive bonding head or welding head to the nearest millimeter at all times. This means the robot...

Micromachining Subsystem

SCANLAB GmbH (Puchheim, Germany) has introduced a new member of its precSYS product line. Five-axis precSYS subsystems enable industrial...