Automation and Control

HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • Digital sensors: Lower maintenance costs with increased reliability

    New technology and analytics are driving change in all industries. There are new opportunities and more options for sensors thanks to the advancement of Industry 4.0 and the industrial internet of things (IIoT).

  • Engineered plastic solutions for material handling automation

    igus® offers a variety of innovative plastic solutions for pallet storage, retrieval machines, industrial trucks and more.

  • Video: Automated, compliant pH measurements

    Learn how to improve productivity and meet regulatory requirements for pH measurements with this video.

  • A new motion control automation solution

    A drag-and-drop, visual blocks based programming ensures simple programming for motion control automation application and supporting peripherals.

  • Watch: NASA spacecraft samples asteroid Bennu

    The craft made a historic touchdown on Bennu, an asteroid 200 million miles from Earth.

  • Video: AI-powered satellites monitor Earth’s changing environment

    What can AI do for small satellites used to take high-fidelity photos?

  • Nokia to build cellular network on the moon

    The network will be deployed on the lunar surface in late 2022.

  • Vitibot - 3D cameras on self-driving robots for vineyards

    The young company Vitibot in Champagne (France) makes self-driving robots to work in vineyards.

  • Watch a drug-delivery microrobot navigate a colon

    The untethered payload-packing bot flips and tumbles through the colon under externally applied magnetic manipulation.

  • New smooth body gear units for food processing and extreme environments

    Nord Drivesystems has been developing innovative drive technology for over 50 years, and they are once again paving the way with their modular, cost-effective smooth body gear units for washdown applications.

  • Avoid ball screw failure through proper application design and preventive maintenance

    Review the various ball screw failure modes and how Rockford Ball Screw (RBS) can assist with ball screw system design, maintenance, repair and replacement.

  • Video: High tech transport device helps organs, vaccines keep their cool

    Vaccines and donor organs have been transported in enclosures as technologically sophisticated as beverage coolers, until now.

  • Facility tests wind turbine blades under realistic conditions

    The system excites wind turbine blades in two directions at a time, allowing larger blades to be tested more quickly and accurately.

  • New drone automates breaching operations

    Battle drone can automate some soldier functions.

  • Hyperloop certification center to be built in West Virginia

    The center could help accelerate adoption of the so-called fifth mode of transportation.

  • Tiny sensors can be affixed to moths, small drones

    Tiny drones or moths can be deployed to conduct research.

  • Video: New approach to 3D printing microfluidic channels

    The technique holds promise for synthesizing fluid channels at the micron scale for automated production of medical diagnostic and sensor systems.

  • Hygienic actuator for automation of rotary valves

    The device is designed for food and beverage applications, including dairies, breweries and distilleries.

  • Q&A: Einride powers a self-driving truck future

    The company’s Level 4 second generation pods have just been announced.

  • The time to engineer a nuclear clock ticks closer

    New measurements brighten prospects for developing nuclear clocks, which are more accurate than existing atomic clocks.

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