Automation and Control

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  • Team takes ozone measurement out of the lab and into a home

    Levels of ozone and volatile organic compounds were measured in an actual occupied residence.

  • Video: New data storage medium is potentially faster, more energy-efficient

    The medium is based on specific properties of antiferromagnetic materials that had previously resisted experimental examination.

  • Plus and Iveco to develop self-driving trucks for China

    The trucks will also run on liquefied natural gas.

  • Handheld DNA sequencers could simplify bacteria monitoring during food production

    The devices offer a routine microbial monitoring solution for food production facilities.

  • The sensors powering NASA's martian rover

    Perseverance is busy gathering data on Mars - and here are some of the sensing technologies making that possible.

  • Biorefinery efficiency gains with smart transfer chutes

    The chutes solve a pervasive problem in the biorefinery industry, potentially making biofuels more cost-competitive.

  • Video: Starfish robot designed for underwater applications

    Robot starfish could be used to study deep recesses of the ocean.

  • UC Berkeley turns robot dogs into robot guides for the visually impaired

    Robodogs to guide the visually impaired.

  • Report: 20% of oil and gas industry tasks to be automated by 2030

    Report suggests that one in five oil and gas industry jobs will be performed by robots.

  • Watch: Warehouse robot from Boston Dynamics autonomously moves boxes

    Stretch moves boxes, builds orders.

  • Pipeline repair robots deployed to reduce danger for human workers

    See how igus® plastic components help automate the labor required to clean and repair pipelines.

  • AI detects defects in wind turbine blades

    The deep learning system is 85% accurate in detecting and classifying wind turbine blade defects.

  • Researchers to automate crack detection and filling on roadways

    The platform could potentially automate road maintenance tasks.

  • Water system leak detection by satellite

    Water utility pipe deficiency data is derived from direct satellite measurements.

  • Teledyne DALSA AI integration expands machine vision capabilities

    Since the early 1980s, computer-based vision systems have been used to identify conditions in factory automation, as well as in the broader world. As computing power and programming techniques have advanced, new applications for this technology have followed.

  • The new Wangen Twin NG screw pump

    German pump manufacturer Wangen Pumpen recently launched its new generation of Twin NG screw pumps in its hygienic pumping solutions range.

  • The new KNF Diaphragm Liquid Pump FP70

    KNF recently launched the latest edition to its smooth flow series low pulsation pumps.

  • New inductive full-metal sensors – robust, compact, accurate

    These robust full-metal sensors are especially well-suited for applications in the food industry.

  • Lizard inspired robot designed to climb, move over rough terrain

    These robots are inspired by lizards.

  • HyperloopTT details full-scale commercial hyperloop system

    The company said it is the first completed design for a hyperloop platform.

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