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Dunkermotoren is exhibitor at MD&M West
Dunkermotoren’s product portfolio includes brushless and brushed DC motors up to 5 kW, AC motors and linear systems.
UK team teaches robot to dress a mannequin
Demonstrating that these robots could be employed in dressing patients who do not have the use of their limbs, the researchers taught the robots to dress a mannequin in a simulated hospital room.
Video: Coating promises to suppress flames in construction materials
In addition to being applied to construction materials, the Texas A&M team believes that the coating can be applied by homeowners to protect fences and barns, textiles, 3D-printed parts and for components used in the aviation and automotive sectors.
Watch as Geek+ launches its four-way shuttle warehouse storage and picking solution
The solution uses Geek+’s X-series four-way shuttle robots to boost storage density while devoting the ground floor to picking operations entrusted to the flagship P800 robots.
Algorithm identifies individuals via heartbeat
To develop the identification algorithm, researchers used electrocardiograms (ECG) to analyze five musical qualities — dynamics, rhythm, timbre, pitch and tonality.
Video: Commercial fusion turns up the heat
A plasma temperature of 100 million° C has been achieved, the threshold required for commercial fusion energy.
Producing tires with flower power
Efforts are underway to bring dandelion-sourced domestic natural rubber to the U.S. market more quickly than tree-sourced rubber.
Vaughan Chopper Pumps: The value of made in America
Pumps should be reliable. Vaughan Company’s high-performing and exceptionally reliable chopper pumps can handle the severe workloads of correctional facilities, dairy farms, wastewater treatment plants and more.
Important details to know when selecting a ceramic pressure sensor
Ceramic pressure sensors are utilized in a variety of ways across numerous industries — but not all sensors are created equal.
How measurement technology helps hydrogen enter gas networks
Reliable measurement technology can facilitate the creation of environmentally friendly hydrogen networks.
Robots now operating Ford's 3D printers
Because the robots can autonomously operate the 3D printers day and night, Ford suggests that throughput will be increased and the price tag of custom-printed components will decrease.
3D microscope could mean the end of biopsies
MediSCAPE is a high-speed 3D microscope capable of capturing image data of tissue structures that could direct surgeons to navigate tumors and their boundaries without the need to remove tissues and wait for pathology results.
Study: Predictors of PFAS in groundwater
The influence of land use, water chemistry and other factors on the occurrence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) in groundwater was examined.
Winners of the Lunar Robotics Design Contest
Young engineers designed robots that dig through lunar soil for deployment on future NASA Artemis missions.
Algorithm spots depressed Twitter users
The researchers report achieving 88.39% accuracy with the Tsinghua Twitter Depression Dataset and an accuracy rate of 70.69% with the Johns Hopkins University's CLPsych 2015 dataset.
Plastic waste as CO2 collector
Tackling two environmental problems at once, researchers in Texas devised a process to convert waste plastic into an effective carbon dioxide sorbent.
More efficient 3D-printed heat exchanger developed by University of Glasgow engineers
The researchers describe how they developed and built the prototype system estimated to be 50% more effective than a market-leading conventional heat exchanger despite being one-tenth of its size.
Fabric that can hear a heartbeat
The fibers can also be made to produce sound, such as a recording of words or phrases that can be recognized by another fabric.
The guide to understanding driven wheel systems for material handling project designs
Engineers create solutions to make manufacturing operations and processes more effective and efficient. These solutions need to meet exacting requirements, especially when a driven material handling solution is the answer.
Watch magnetic nanobots grab pollutants from water
Temperature-responsive magnetic nanorobots were engineered to bond with heavy metals under certain circumstances and release them under others.