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Rockwell Automation opens center for electric vehicle innovation
Located in San Jose, California, the center utilizes augmented and virtual reality modeling to provide an environment for learning new technologies and standards.
Computer scientists use AI to enable robotic arm to efficiently pack boxes in warehouse setting
Computer scientists from Rutgers University are using artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate a robotic arm so that it can more efficiently pack boxes in warehouse settings.
5 sites to celebrate 50 years of Apollo 11
Here are some sites to check out as you immerse yourself in all things Apollo 11.
Conic systems offers zero backlash harmonic gearing to replace planetary gear drives
The zero backlash characteristic is maintained for life and high ratios of 50:1 to 200:1 are achieved in a single stage.
Portable sensor and smartphone app detect cyanotoxins
The smartphone-connected system returns results in about five minutes, making the platform a useful tool for rapid environmental monitoring.
Study: Automation could eliminate 20 million manufacturing jobs worldwide by 2030
A new study is suggesting that robots and automation will eliminate an estimated 20 million global manufacturing jobs by 2030.
Control valve sizing guide
Use this guide to determine proper control valve size to guarantee optimum system performance.
Bitcoin carbon emissions comparable to Las Vegas, Hamburg
To translate energy used into the amount of CO2 emitted, a team at TUM looked at where bitcoin miners were located by live-tracking the mining pools and combined that information with statistics on the carbon intensity of power generated in those countries.
Watch: Researchers trip people to improve prosthetic legs
Researchers purposely tripped people – 190 times, at that – to generate stumble recovery data for use in designing more stable prosthetic limbs.
Feds revise power grid cybersecurity standard
The action by FERC is intended to close a gap in the prior Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards.
Purdue researchers develop smartphone app that enables users to program robots to do mundane tasks
Researchers from Purdue University have developed a smartphone app prototype that enables users to easily program robots to perform monotonous tasks such as picking up objects and moving them elsewhere in either the factory or the home, for instance.
Robotic duck assists with rice farming
Robot navigates the waters surrounding rice fields using two rotating, rubber brushes that perform the function of actual duck feet, stirring and oxygenating the water and consequently preventing weed growth.
Software lets utilities simulate a year's worth of solar in 5 minutes
Utility companies need in-depth analysis to understand how large amounts of solar generation in one section of a grid may lead to voltage fluctuations that can affect electric reliability.
Video: Ocean warming data from Boaty McBoatface's first mission
Data collected on its first research mission provide evidence of a correlation between strengthening Antarctic winds and rising sea temperatures.
Volvo to develop self-driving trucks using Nvidia’s AI platform
The platform will run the gamut for trucks for freight, industry, refuse and construction.
What’s inside a CubeSat?
A detailed look at the components inside the MicroMAS-1 CubeSat.
Video: Microfluidic sensor designed to monitor sickle cell disease
The microfluidics-based electrical impedance sensor characterizes the dynamic cell sickling and unsickling processes in sickle blood without the use of microscopic imaging or biochemical markers.
Exoskeletons in manufacturing: Part 2
Wearable robots could provide greater augmentation of human abilities such as supernumerary limbs, navigation and guidance.
Now hiring: Human drivers for robot trucks
TuSimple begins program to teach truck drivers how to operate self-driving trucks.
How do thermal actuators work?
Thermal actuators produce a linear movement – or stroke – as a result of the expansion and contraction of a thermally sensitive material within them.