Automation and Control

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  • Machine learning used to perfect the robot chef's omelette

    Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the appliance company Beko have teamed up to train a robot to create a tasty omelette from start to finish using machine learning.

  • PreCONNECT SEDECIM cabling system with APC 8 degree angled polish optimizes return loss

    The ferrule end faces of the connector are 8° angled physical contact (APC) angularly polished, which translates into improvements in return loss.

  • Robotic arm capable of making omelet

    Engineers from the University of Cambridge in the U.K. have trained a robotic arm to make omelets, according to reports.

  • GE, DARPA developing earthworm-inspired tunneling robot

    The General Electric Company (GE) has developed a prototype of an autonomous tunnel digging robot designed to resupply U.S. military forces in the field.

  • Enerpac introduces new hydraulic stressing pump for rail applications

    The hydraulic stressing pump, called the ZC-3404, is driven by a lithium-ion battery along with a standalone power pack for use in aluminothermic track welding processes.

  • Blue-White Industries introduce new peristaltic metering pumps

    The Flexflow A1F peristaltic metering pump from Blue-White Industries, is intended for metering off-gassing chemicals, like sodium hypochlorite and peracetic acid.

  • Team 3D prints prototype of valveless pump

    Once simulation models were constructed, the research team measured the flow velocity and pressure of the prototypes.

  • Weld shop addresses welder shortage with Universal Robots cobot welder

    Processed Metal Innovators dramatically increased productivity and profitability with Universal Robots cobot-powered BotX Welder.

  • Watch: CRM rotary module guides cable lengths of up to 4.5 m

    The compact module has a maximum rotation angle of 6,480°, which is 18 full turns, for cable lengths up to 4.5 m.

  • Company unveils new line of stainless-steel pumps

    Homa Pumpenfabrik GmbH has developed a range of stainless steel submersible pumps.

  • Andritz introduces new APC pump controller

    International technology group Andritz now offers its Andritz pump controller (APC), which is a flexible and individual control unit for interconnected pumps in sprinkler, wastewater, lifting, pressure boosting and fire extinguishing systems and in water supply networks.

  • Video: Sensor receptacles reduce contamination, improve process yield in bioreactors

    The process analytical technology components enable in situ bioprocess monitoring without compromising the sterile boundary.

  • Engineers develop a method for powering electronic devices with sweat

    Engineers at Scotland’s University of Glasgow have developed a flexible supercapacitor with the potential for replacing electrolytes in conventional batteries with human sweat.

  • Schroeder Industries launches portable filtration system

    Fluid filtration and condition monitoring company Schroeder Industries has launched its HFS-15 Handy Filter System, a portable offline filtration system.

  • Collaborators test cavitation monitoring system

    German mechanical engineering company Voith and Iceland-based energy group Landsvirkjun are jointly developing technology for monitoring cavitation in hydropower plants.

  • Spinal cord stimulation system improves chronic pain treatment

    Medical device company Nevro Corp. has received CE mark approval for its Senza Omnia Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) system.

  • DARPA, US Navy to build fully autonomous ships

    The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Navy are attempting to develop a fleet of entirely autonomous warships.

  • Faulhaber brings integrated speed controller for flat motors to market

    The BXT family of brushless DC servomotors with especially short design has been expanded with a diameter-compliant, integrated speed controller.

  • Smartphones could be the key to widespread COVID-19 testing

    University of Pittsburgh professors are working on a way to make inexpensive, non-invasive at-home testing readily available, without the need of clinicians or special medical equipment.

  • Self-driving freight startup to provide all-electric vehicles for Swedish drink company

    Einride will enable zero emissions trucks for Swedish vendor Oatly.

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