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Safety Algorithms Enable Cobot Collaboration
Minimally invasive safety algorithms allow robots to move within inches of each other or other objects.
Driverless Bus Is Set for Testing
The service consists of two electric, driverless shuttles that traverse a 1,350-meter road.
Hubble Space Telescope: The Bad, the Ugly, and (Finally) the Good
The lessons of the Hubble Space Telescope resonate with today's big-science projects.
I, Cobot: Standardizing Safety in Collaborative Robots
A new technical specification provides guidance on safety requirements for robot systems that work alongside humans.
Feds Urge Railroads to Speed Up Work on Train Controls
Seven of 38 expected plans have been submitted for review, and officials say that much of the affected rail network has yet to be tested.
High-speed Chemical Sensor Could Aid Airport Security
Using the mid-infrared wavelength band could help security efforts aimed at detecting hazardous substances.
Transmitting Energy Efficiently Through Soft Materials
If autonomous systems such as soft robots are to become a reality, researchers need to develop a way to transmit energy through soft materials.
Artificial Intelligence Developed to Help First Responders
As an event is monitored, software learns and starts to make predictions about what resources will be needed next.
Optical Encoder May Improve Accuracy, Signal Processing
Renishaw has introduced a series of accuracy digital incremental encoders.
Plastic Components Join the Industrial Smart Parade
Its isense line of plastic products embed sensing and communication capabilities to cables, energy chains and linear bearings.
Airbus Developing Autonomous Flying Vehicles
Flight tests of the first vehicle prototype are slated for the end of 2017, the company says.
E-commerce and the Drive to Automate the Supply Chain
A slew of robots looks to replace tasks traditionally done by people in distribution and warehouse settings. Sizable barriers to adoption remain, however.
Commercial Remote-Controlled Ship Predicted by End of Decade
The challenge in accommodating autonomous ship technologies is to find the optimal way to combine them reliably and cost effectively.
Automation Fundamentally Reshaping the Manufacturing Landscape, Survey Finds
As supply chains become increasingly global, it is likely that automation activity by U.S. manufacturing companies will spread around the world.
Engineering Students Design Robot to Handle Nuclear Fuel
The system is required to be accurate within a 0.01-inch radius 99.99% of the time.
Robot Would Assemble Modular Telescope in Space
Design of a modular space telescope that overcomes restrictions on volume and mass could allow components to be launched incrementally.
Industrial Control Systems and the Threat of Cyber Attack
ICS systems are increasingly liable to attack whether for criminal gain, political hostility or malicious vandalism.
Virtual Reality Is Central to Aerospace and Maritime Training
What is often seen as a novelty in many domains has, in fact, been used for decades.
Breakthrough Robot Designs That Tap Fluid Power
Fluid power is breathing life into a trio of designs aimed at advancing robot technology.
IEC/IEEE Standard to Improve Substation Operation
Communication between equipment and systems for the electric grid is an essential element of power utility automation, and central to the introduction of smart grids.