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Sealed surface conversion system from NORD provides optimal protection for demanding environments
The sealed surface conversion system offers a reliable solution for the surface treatment of gearboxes, motors, variable frequency drives and other components.
Smart System belt actuators from Rollon keep automated equipment productive and reliable
A new design supports heavy loads and ensures low maintenance operation in automated manufacturing, packaging machines and food and beverage equipment.
Flat belt drives: Answers to four frequently asked questions
There are several types of belt drives, with each type having its unique design, advantages and applications.
Watch how environmental sensors are dispersed by wind
A tiny sensor-carrying device can be transported and deposited by wind over large areas to monitor environmental parameters.
Handheld tool eliminates need for radioactive isotope in lead paint analysis
Without the need for a radioactive isotope, the tool greatly reduces the regulatory burden of owning and controlling radioactive materials and eliminates costly isotope replacement.
World’s smartest autonomous forklift launched by OTTO Motors
OTTO Lifter is a smart autonomous forklift that easily navigates through crowded and dynamic environments and improves safety in warehouses and facilities.
Support for virtual vehicle engine test cell R&D
Gastops is supporting Europe’s largest R&D center for virtual vehicle technology by supplying custom oil debris monitoring solutions.
Video: One step closer to automating high-rise window washing
Ozmo, using its pair of Kuka industrial robotic arms, cleans windows three times faster than human window washers, without risking the lives of human window washers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
AWWA testifies on new approach to cybersecurity threats
The agency advocates a regulatory approach that is similar to the electric sector, with a tiered risk- and performance-based set of requirements.