Automation and Control

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  • Efficient and quiet external gear pump with helical teeth

    Elika gear pumps feature a proprietary tooth profile and housing geometry to address low-noise, high-efficiency applications.

  • Video: Gantry motion system for inspection, assembly and 3D printing

    The compact XY/XYZ gantry motion system provides overhead motion for industrial automation applications in assembly, pick-and-place, alignment, inspection and custom 3D printer design.

  • Engineers build robotic trunk support system for those with spinal cord injuries

    Engineers from New York’s Columbia University have developed a robotic trunk to assist those with spinal cord injuries.

  • A precision motor control solution from ST and maxon

    The EVALKIT-ROBOT-1 kit consists of a maxon 100 W brushless DC motor along with ST’s STSPIN32F0A intelligent 3-phase motor controller and a complete inverter stage built with ST power transistors ready to connect to the motor.

  • AI lends a sharper eye to breast cancer screening

    An artificial intelligence (AI) system has been demonstrated to outperform expert radiologists in accurately interpreting mammograms from screening programs.

  • “Expertise doesn’t recognize national boundaries”: A conversation with ISA’s Eric Cosman

    A chemical engineer with more than 35 years of experience in the process industries, Cosman will be the ISA president throughout 2020, the society's anniversary year.

  • Laser-guided detection of space debris improves with neural networks

    New algorithms for laser ranging telescopes enhance space debris detection by significantly improving the pointing accuracy of the telescope.

  • Advanced process control for injection molding

    An advanced injection molding process control solution for sequential valve gate control streamlines part production while offering cost and time savings.

  • Team turning quadcopters into workplace drones

    A team of researchers from Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology are turning autonomous quadcopter drones into interactive workplace robots.

  • New software helps create better drugs

    Lemon, a new framework for data mining, improves machine learning models for the process of drug development.

  • Watch: AI app aids wildlife conservation efforts

    The Wildlife Insights online database allows users to upload camera trap images to Google Cloud, apply species identification AI models over the images and collaborate with others.

  • Researchers develop self-healing sensor sweatband

    Researchers from South Korea’s Kangwon National University have developed a self-healing sweat sensor device for monitoring health.

  • Team uses AI to match job seekers to ideal occupations

    Researchers from the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney are using artificial intelligence (AI) to match a person to a profession based on their social media posts.

  • NASA’s quiet supersonic aircraft cleared for final assembly

    The X-59 aircraft is on target for its first flight in 2021.

  • Kirigami-inspired paper can autonomously transform into 2D shapes and 3D structures

    A team of researchers from North Carolina State University have created a series of self-folding structures inspired by the art form kirigami, which is a form of origami wherein the paper can be cut instead of exclusively folded.

  • Reducing gearbox costs in the aggregate industry

    An understanding of the harsh operating conditions and significant costs of downtime is the first step to reducing gearbox costs in the aggregate industry.

  • Construction bot developed to manage construction site progress

    A Spain-based startup has developed a robot that can assess the progress of construction sites.

  • Robot series Tom, Dick and Harry to automate farming

    A U.K. startup has developed a series of robots that use artificial intelligence (AI) and electricity to destroy weeds — a process that entirely forgoes the use of chemicals in agriculture.

  • Blue Origin successfully completes reusable booster flight for the 6th time

    The New Shepard vehicle has used the same two boosters for each flight.

  • Startup churns out a cross-country butter run in a self-driving truck

    Plus.ai carried a truck full of Land O’Lakes butter more than 2,800 miles across the U.S.

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