Automation and Control

HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • NASA awards Intuitive Machines lunar delivery contract

    Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander is headed toward the lunar swirl known as Reiner Gamma.

  • Monash team uses AI to fight crime

    AI is expected to strengthen law enforcement response times by autonomously capturing more from CCTV cameras, which are used all over.

  • Video: AI-powered platform maps sustainability from space

    Users can measure, report and address sustainability metrics for biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions and other sustainability issues.

  • AI tool lets users envision the future impact of climate change on their homes

    The system was trained on images from both real-life flooding and smog events and scenes manufactured by video game makers.

  • Video: Autonomous military vehicle featuring deployable drone introduced

    The fully autonomous, multi payload Rook can reportedly handle rough terrain both day and night, deliver supplies, evacuate casualties, track soldiers, conduct surveillance, function as a remote weapon system and form convoys with other Rooks.

  • Video: New system automates leak detection in home appliances

    Outfitted with an onboard camera and sniffer probe, the MIRAI lets manufacturers autonomously check seals or soldered joints for leaking refrigerant or gas — offering precise leak detection, according to the company.

  • Video: Robots now clean Google offices

    Watch the general purpose learning robots perform tasks such as sorting trash, squeegeeing tables and arranging conference room chairs, around Google’s Mountain View, California, campus.

  • Video: Magnetically guided microbots promise to deliver chemo meds directly to cancer cells

    Although the method is still a proof of concept and the microbots need to be made smaller and traceable, they promise to improve upon current methods for delivering chemotherapy drugs into the body.

  • Watch the launch of NASA’s asteroid redirection mission

    A NASA mission to demonstrate technology to deflect asteroids that could pose a threat to the Earth is now underway.

  • Watch an electric autonomous cargo ship set sail

    Without emissions and soon to be without a crew, the world’s first electric and self-propelled container ship has completed its maiden voyage.

  • Smart buoy prevents fishing gear loss

    The economic and environmental tolls associated with lost commercial fishing nets may be stemmed with the advent of a sensor system that provides real-time tracking and monitoring of deployed fishing gear.

  • New CAD360! conveyor system configurator

    The latest version of the configurator features improved design and collaboration tools to bridge the gap between conveyor system designer and manufacturer.

  • Video: Innovative connection technology for contactless data and power transmission

    The contactless connector supports ultra-reliable, short-range, point-to-point full-duplex data exchanges in industrial and medical applications.

  • New FANUC robot for machine tending and warehousing/logistics applications

    The LR-10iA/10 has a 10 kg payload and a large work envelope with a reach of 1101 mm. Its compact size makes it an ideal solution for companies with limited floor space, and the slim arm fits into machine tools to load and unload parts.

  • A nuclear approach to wireless data transmission

    Researchers successfully transmitted digital information wirelessly using nuclear radiation.

  • North American companies rush to add robots as demand surges

    The rush to add robots is part of a larger upswing in investment as companies seek to keep up with strong demand.

  • Video: Simplified adjustment in injection molding machines

    An integrated system for measuring injection pressure and nozzle contact force simplifies the maintenance and adjustment of plastic injection molding machines.

  • New range of SCARA robots released by Trio Motion Technology

    The new range of SCARA robots include four different iterations spanning from a 400 mm arm range model with a 3 kg maximum load capacity to a 700 mm arm range version featuring a 6 kg maximum load.

  • A RAPID way to assess power system dynamics

    An open-source computer code efficiently examines power systems and identifies electrical grid disruptions, such as power outages.

  • Drone trials for delivering blood to medics in the field prove successful

    Because access to whole blood in the field is both limited and appropriate for treating hemorrhagic shock in tactical combat care, the USAMRDC TATRC demonstrated how drones could autonomously deliver such payloads in the field.

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