Automation and Control

HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • Camera-based sensors offer high-definition solutions

    With RDI’s proprietary platform powered by Motion Amplification, users can see and measure motion that is not visible to the human eye.

  • Video: Developing a digital twin of Earth

    Digital models of Earth are seen as key to predicting the effects of and building resilience to climate change.

  • Automating the battlefield

    Follow along as Engineering360 looks back at all of the technology being developed to automate military tasks in and around the battlefield.

  • College students: Apply by May 30 deadline to Emerson's 2022 ASCO Engineering Scholarship Program

    The merit-based awards recognize excellence in study, service and innovation.

  • Watch this Sony robot get down!

    The EVAL-03 robot from Sony Interactive Entertainment is capable of mimicking the complex motions of dancing, according to its makers.

  • Monitoring nuclear nonproliferation with seismoacoustic signals

    Data recorded 50 m from a research reactor could predict whether the system was in an on or off state with 98% accuracy.

  • Video: Optimize testing tasks with software subscription

    Design and automate a test or measurement system through a single software license.

  • Video: Transformer-like robot preparing for deliveries

    Featuring both legs and wheels, the delivery robot can travel up to almost 14 mph while carrying payloads up to 110 lbs, according to its developers.

  • US military hiring robotic sous chef for its bases

    The autonomous sous chef in question, dubbed Alfred, was developed by Boston, Massachusetts, company Dexai Robotics.

  • Video: Magnetic robot reaches deep inside the lung

    Unlike the commonly used bronchoscope, the magnetic tentacle robot can travel into narrow airways in the lung.

  • Toppan TransBots trialed at hospital

    Automating healthcare tasks, according to the company, could potentially reduce the workload on nurses and a healthcare system impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Inspection system for 3D-printed rocket engines

    The system will enable non-destructive, high-energy X-ray inspections of large-scale 3D-printed rocket engines prior to flight.

  • A smart solution for linear motion applications

    A new digital platform will help engineers develop motion, robotic and automation systems that offer far greater levels of intelligence, connectivity and adaptability than are achievable from existing equipment.

  • Mouse makes window to the brain a reality

    The portable "Mini2P" is best defined as a miniature cortical observatory, capable of recording live images of brain that have never been seen before.

  • Technique 3D prints pharmaceuticals on demand

    The vat polymerization technique prints an entire object all at once, reducing the printing speed from multiple minutes to just seven to 17 seconds.

  • Company uses AI to invent "thousands" of chemical weapons in just hours

    To create their computational machine learning models for toxicity prediction, the researchers tweaked their AI to seek out instead of weeding out toxicity.

  • Solar façade supplies building HVAC needs

    The system can be retrofitted onto older buildings and integrated into new builds for the delivery of energy-efficient heating and cooling.

  • Could tech from the University of Houston pave the way for border patrol drones?

    The University of Houston team proposed using its built-in wireless E-line battery charging systems to charge small drones while they perform uninterrupted surveillance tasks at the border.

  • Video: Chippy joins Flippy in the kitchen

    In Chipotle’s R&D facility located in Irvine, California, Chippy is cutting tortilla chips into triangles, frying them for 50 seconds in hot oil, placing them in a bowl and spraying them with lime.

  • Fueling the future of the internal combustion engine

    With the transition to electric vehicles on the horizon, ICE will need to evolve.

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