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Modern manufacturing is at a crossroads. Perhaps the biggest challenge lies the with workforce. Sustainability has also emerged as a key concern. Yet the practicalities of being efficient and productive, while also needing to change operations or equipment, without hampering product quality or output, is an immense task.

Considered a particularly difficult task, picking raspberries involves multiple skills, according to the researchers. The robot must be able to determine which fruit is ripe and to be capable of picking it without damaging it.

Heat pump systems will be provided under a subscription model to reduce residential carbon emissions and dependence on foreign gas imports.

A new digital transmitted light inverted microscope for routine cell culture enables laboratory personnel to easily check and document cell growth.

Kemba, which is supported by a boom, weighs 7 kg, repeatedly jumps to a height of 0.5 m with controlled landings, and reportedly reaches a maximum jump height of 1 m.

The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot extension for Google Chrome enables effortless conversations with websites.

These desktop/portable instrument enclosures can now be specified with or without a sloping front for easier viewing.

The smart textile, which features a cloth-like texture, is reportedly comprised of a nanomagnet-filled rubber patch that is about the size of two stamps.

Researchers incorporated electrocardiogram (ECG) sensors into cart handles to screen shoppers for atrial fibrillation (AF).

The MethaneMapper reportedly processes hyperspectral data collected amid overhead airborne scans of the areas under examination.

Taking inspiration from the pangolin's rigid scales that move freely and untethered thanks to their overlapping design, the prototype heat-treating robot can “roll” inside the body.