Automation and Control

HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • 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.

  • Newly released Fluid Power Symbology Guide from International Fluid Power Society

    IFPS announces the release of its new Fluid Power Symbology Guide.

  • National Fluid Power Association announces in-person 2021 Industry and Economic Outlook Conference

    This year, the conference will be in person.

  • Eaton introduces its HP3 series of in-line mounted filters for mobile and industrial applications

    Eaton introduces the HP3 series for mobile and industrial applications

  • Watch: Wing sail design unfurled for maritime use

    The automated, telescopic and inflatable wing sail system is expected to help operators reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.

  • Video: Cognex refines food and beverage manufacturing with 3D vision solutions

    3D visual measurement technology is upping the ante for manufacturing and quality improvements on the food and beverage production line.

  • Elon Musk’s Boring Company opens Vegas loop using Teslas

    Initially the loop will have three stops along a 1.7 mile stretch.

  • Fundamentals of crankshaft sensors

    Crankshaft position sensors come in several varieties, including inductive, Hall effect, optical and magnetoresistive sensors. Regardless of type, the sensor must be mounted in such a way as to view the pulses from a reluctor ring, which is a ferrous, toothed wheel.

  • Watch as this robot gives a manicure

    Robots offer pandemic-friendly alternative to manicures.

  • Video: Pick-and-place sidebot designed for the manufacturing space

    The Wyzo can safely work among human workers without protective barriers.

  • Watch as a rock-picking robot automates a tedious farming task

    Rock picking is just one of the latest repetitive tasks to be automated in the farming industry.

  • New drylin linear bearings for shafts

    Bearings made of high-performance polymer ensure precise and easy movements in linear technology.

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