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High reliability, durability and performance designed into every speed sensor
Smith Systems® sensors are found on equipment that moves and has an engine or on equipment that creates power, all over the world.
Video: Benchtop industrial robot to improve pharmaceutical manufacturing
Robot will take over repetitive tasks.
Watch: Robot lends a hand in strawberry fields
The StrawBot automates some harvesting tasks.
Cross platform integration improves quality control for brands and retailers
Cross platform integration allows brands and retailers to better manage quality control and supplier audit activities.
DC motor operation modes and speed regulation techniques
Various modes of DC motor operation and the important ways to control motor speed are covered.
Keep critical crossbelt sorters up during peak times
What if your crossbelt sorter had 100% availability with zero unplanned stops?
Passive sampling torpedo takes aim at wastewater-borne SARS-CoV-2
The Torpedo Passive Sampler detects the virus responsible for COVID-19 in wastewater systems.
Watch: Moth-killing drones to protect greenhouse crops
Moth-killing drones can distinguish good pests from bad.
Precise color recognition in industrial measurement tasks
The color sensor CFO is used for color recognition and sorting in the production process.
How to reduce stepper motor noise and vibration in motion control
Reducing the noise and vibration from stepper motors can increase their performance and lifespan.
Omron 'to free people from monotonous work' with new sensor
New sensor will help to automate monotonous tasks.
Video: General Measure launches second generation intelligent bagging machine
Process speed is increased, and a bag filler with single hopper can pack 1,000 pieces/hour.
Watch as severed swimming robots repair themselves
Swimming robots demonstrate self-healing properties in the lab.
Video: Team of autonomous devices delivers data about hazardous environments
The multi-robot, multi-sensor devices survey and sample potentially dangerous environments.
Trend energy usage over time to identify waste and inefficiencies
What if you could lower your annual energy spending without significant capital investment?
Magnetically guided micro-bots to take aim at gliomas
The micro-bots can deliver medicinal payloads to locations within the body.
RFID-reading robot determines consumer behavior
Robot can make predictions about consumer behavior.
Industrial Motors in Motion (March 7-13)
Electric motors are so ubiquitous that they often go overlooked and underappreciated. So how do we shine a spotlight on one of engineering's most integral technologies? We throw a week-long party for it.
Video: Rocket Lab plans on doing the Neutron launch
A reusable rocket is being designed to launch satellites into mega constellations and support space missions helmed by humans
Video: Robots can scan and dig for cable, pipe installation
A pair of robots will automate drilling for cable and pipe installation.