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Toyota Material Handling introduces its Tora-Max Walkie Stacker
The Tora-Max Walkie Stacker adds to Toyota’s lineup of electric products and is an ideal solution for customers in the warehousing, manufacturing, beverage, retail and distribution industries.
ChatGPT: Job killer or job creator?
Follow along as GlobalSpec explores some of the job titles that are expected to emerge or grow in popularity in lockstep with chatbots.
Renishaw launches new line of industrial automation products
The RCS product line solves fundamental challenges associated with manual set-up, calibration and maintenance of robots, such as operational accuracy and repeatability.
Biofuel-based marine engine sets sail
The engine has been approved for operation on hydrotreated vegetable oil and other biofuels.
Air coolers optimized to use natural refrigerants
The ranges offer efficient solutions for general refrigeration plants in distribution centers, storage facilities, supermarkets or food processing.
FPT Industrial and Edison next create the first biomonitoring station with bees at the Turin Stura site
The station reflects continuing commitment to sustainability and to efforts that reduce the impact of FPT Industrial's products and processes on the surrounding environment.
Beckhoff displays adaptive automation for manufacturing at Automate 2023
Beckhoff will demo two emerging technologies designed to transform industrial automation: the new modular robot, ATRO, and the completely cabinetless MX-System.
New riot control electromagnetic gun fires coin-like projectiles
The CS/LW21 is a handheld electromagnetic gun launcher that uses electric power, much like the design of coil guns, to accelerate coin-like projectiles.
Carbon nanotubes, polyacrylate strengthen stab-resistant fabric
To strengthen conventional aramid — an ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene often used in soft body armor — scientists added carbon nanotubes and polyacrylate to create lightweight, soft fabrics that provide better protection.
Hydraulic excavator concept machine features a hydrogen fuel cell
This proof of concept is expected to expedite the commercial production of medium-sized and large construction equipment powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
Video: Enzyme converts air into electricity
The quest to simply pull energy out of thin air has borne fruit: researchers have discovered an enzyme that harnesses atmospheric hydrogen to generate an electrical current.
NORD Drivesystems to display efficient, reliable airport drive solutions at AAAE 2023
The latest airport technology includes the high efficiency IE5+ product portfolio and standardized LogiDrive complete drive solution.
Greening the port industry with ECOBatteryPack, the sustainable solution for rubber tired gantry cranes
The battery-hybrid solution consists of a medium-sized lithium-ion battery system that drives all crane operations and a small size diesel genset that charges the battery.
Jeep could have offered the first crossover 30 years before everybody else
Kaiser Jeep's mid-Sixties collaboration with Renault on the Model H would have handily taken the title had it come to market.
Computar Optics to demonstrate award-winning machine vision lens lineup at Automate 2023
Attendees will experience the benefits of pioneering machine vision lenses.
Unseen robots to deliver Wendy's fast food through a network of pipes
The digital ordering system — which is expected to be reliable, fast and invisible — will reportedly employ autonomous delivery robots that move underground, unseen.
Used, discarded diapers could replace sand in concrete and mortar construction
The researchers project that in the future an average small single-story house could potentially see roughly 8% of the sand in its construction replaced with processed used diapers — and reportedly without compromising the structural integrity of the build.
Team hopes to measure food waste with smart bins
The device will reportedly be designed so that users can enter prompts describing the food items being deposited in the bin.
A self-repairing textile that monitors heart rhythm
The scientists explained that when pressed with force, the LM particles form a conductive path, thereby enabling the formation of circuits that maintain conductivity when stretched.
Cornell approach turns textile waste into coatings
Using chemicals, the team broke down old clothing to recover polyester compounds and create fire resistant, antibacterial and wrinkle-free coatings that can be applied to textiles and fabrics.