Automation and Control

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  • Low-cost earthquake early warning device may soon be available to consumers and businesses

    A high school junior built a low-cost seismometer device that delivers earthquake early warnings.

  • Video: Lower power 400 G active electrical cables boost reach for data centers, HPC

    The cable is touted as more affordable and with greater reach than other passive copper cable solutions.

  • Watch security robot deter threats with smoke

    The Cocobo security robot issues a plume of smoke to deter threats.

  • Watch: DARPA to disarm suspicious drones with pink string?

    The research arm of the U.S. military has developed a system for disarming suspicious drones.

  • Overload/overrange: What’s the difference?

    Mechanical overload rating and electrical overrange are critical parameters when evaluating and specifying torque transducers.

  • Robot dubbed Chopsticks picks and places for the logistics industry

    Robot was designed for the logistics industry.

  • Robotic system identifies, sorts and separates recyclable waste

    The system will autonomously identify, sort and separate different kinds of waste.

  • Video: New hook automates cart-carrying tasks in industrial spaces

    The MiR250 Hook autonomously collects and transports carts, freeing up workers for higher level tasks.

  • Video: Graphene sensor images electrical activity of beating heart

    The advanced sensor images electrical signals from living cells and tissue in real time.

  • Home robots get a makeover at TRI

    The capabilities of TRI's line of domestic robots are expanded.

  • Video: Mini food grade hoist gets tasty upgrade

    Updates improve food processing safety, efficiency and hygiene.

  • Watch a new imaging technique capture brain movement

    Pulsating motions of the brain can be viewed and analyzed in real-time.

  • Heavy-duty, high-reliability standard and custom sensors

    Our products are indispensable in harsh environments.

  • Tiny sensor allows farmers to monitor individual plant health

    The new sensor could help farmers grow more food without tilling more land.

  • Motion controller delivers real-time processing for complex manufacturing

    The standalone motion controller both compiles and executes a user’s code with an embedded real-time operating system.

  • Video: Linear motion guide actuator with right/left ball screw

    The driving element uses right/left threads and enables symmetrical movements with a single motor.

  • Remote inspection tech for hydro turbines

    The underwater robotized hydropower turbine inspection solution reduces costs and risks to personnel.

  • Watch: Autonomous Mayflower sets sail

    While the Mayflower of yore transported 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, the autonomous version is unmanned.

  • A revised fault diagnosis method for nuclear power plants

    A new method optimizes the network structure of fault diagnosis and enhances fault diagnosis accuracy.

  • Watch as burrowing robot defies the resistive forces of sand

    Burrowing robot could be used for space exploration applications.

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