Automation and Control

HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • World's most compact industrial robot arm

    Industrial robot arms are used in a variety of industries. From the largest task to the smallest task, robotic arms can be the key to success.

  • Piezoelectric patch monitors water pipe integrity

    Bio-based piezoelectric patches composed of crystallized amino acids are sensitive enough to detect leaks as small as 2 mm.

  • Video: Digital solution helps companies manage water usage

    The service provides industry with real-time visibility of water usage at the enterprise, site and asset levels.

  • Hey taxi!? The delayed promise of air mobility

    Some technological challenges must be met before we can realistically hail air taxis.

  • What do the airports of the future look like?

    What will airports look like in 50 years? 100 years? Let us take a look at where technology is trending.

  • Video: First software framework designed for widely distributed autonomous systems

    Connext 6.1 enables real-time control for large-scale and remotely operated systems.

  • NASA to begin supersonic aircraft overflight tests

    The flights are part of phase three of the rollout to test the X-59 craft.

  • RAIL HD - automatic overhead electrical train grid and pantograph inspection

    Get automatic condition reports of corona and arcing on electric rail structures and pantograph.

  • Receive alerts before your centrifugal pump goes down unexpectedly

    Implementing ifm vibration monitoring solutions for your centrifugal pump is seamless with embedded IO-Link technology and a comprehensive software platform designed for easy setup without an IT team.

  • Reduced risk of hydrogen sparking with sensitive optical leak detector

    The device delivers the fastest response ever reported at the critical hydrogen concentration required for leak detection.

  • How to choose between calibrated and uncalibrated pressure sensors

    When selecting a pressure sensor for a specific application, designers must first determine the total system accuracy required, as well as the performance requirements for the lifetime of the product.

  • Bulk material feeding systems prevent combustible dust ignition

    The system automatically meters combustible materials through a proprietary rectangular helix feeding tool.

  • Watch a doorknob-disinfecting robot guided by BIM data

    BALTO performs critical disinfection tasks guided by BIM data.

  • Self-driving truck startup forms safety partnership with insurance firm

    TuSimple and Liberty Mutual will explore the long-term needs in middle-mile logistics.

  • Protect pumps and equipment with the 2852-DPM dry pump monitor

    The 2852-DPM determines the presence or absence of product in a pipe or pump. A low maintenance system, combining capacitance technology with unique sensor designs, to provide non-intrusive monitors.

  • Watch as a robot takes over the task of hairbrushing

    MIT CSAIL team builds hair-brushing robot.

  • Video: Monitor tanks, pressure and truckloads with BinCloud

    The integrated cloud foundation for data monitoring streamlines inventory management.

  • US Air Force may outsource fighter jet cleaning to robots

    Robots will reduce the time it takes to manually clean fighter jets from days to just one hour.

  • Video: Clamp meters measure with no contacts or leads

    The meters measure voltage and current simultaneously without touching a live wire.

  • Taxonomy update for driving automation systems

    The revision updates taxonomy with supporting terms and definitions for SAE’s six levels of driving automation.

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