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New AI-powered dynamic slotting simplifies warehouse reslotting with click of a button
The software intelligently sifts through an abundance of warehouse data to serve up optimal slotting recommendations in minutes.
'Smart' vending machine dispenses bullets instead of snacks
The vending machines are beginning to show up in U.S. grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas, with the company’s intent of making bullets ‘more available’ for customers.
Automating the impossible in any factory, in any country
Explore how Bosch Rexroth combined the Anybus Communicator with their Smart Flex Effector to bring industrial automation’s most versatile compensation module to the world.
Heracell incubators support the future of fully automated labs
These innovative carbon dioxide incubators deliver new features compatible with lab automation, supporting emerging automated cell therapy production processes.
Understanding the pH electrode
Gain clarity on the design and function of the pH electrode in sensing the pH of solutions.
Team creates perching drones with a hugging-wing design
PercHug can passively perch on vertical poles — such as scaffolding, towers or trees. Further, the drone uses an “upturned nose” for reorienting and also includes foldable wings for wrapping.
Compressors for comfort and industrial heat pumps cut energy use and emissions
These Danfoss compressors are designed for natural and low-global warming potential refrigerants.
The unrivaled choice: Metal-free conveyors for specialty applications
Learn why plastic conveyors are ideal for metal detection and caustic/corrosive environment applications.
Able Electropolishing acquires state-of-the-art inspection equipment to enhance precision and quality
The equipment further improves the precision and effectiveness of electropolishing to enhance the finish, fit and function of critical metal parts.
Small, sunlight-powered drone stays aloft for an hour
According to the developers, such drones would be small in scale, thereby making it nearly impossible to track or shoot down during war, for instance.
Akribis Systems introduces rod motor positioning modules with submicron accuracy
The module is equipped with a high-precision Akribis RDM-A series coreless direct drive rod motor, linear guide rail and integrated optical encoder.
A robot for bagging groceries
The RoboGrocery reportedly combines computer vision with a soft robotic gripper capable of bagging a range of objects.
Automated robot massages, scans bodies
According to its developers, Aescape features a pair of metallic arms outfitted with silicon-padded “hands” intended to mimic human touch when delivering deep-tissue massages.
This humanoid robot can hammer nails
A humanoid robot, dubbed Torobo can reportedly hammer a nail into a piece of wood, thereby demonstrating its potential for industrial use cases.
Vacuum-mounted robot dog cleans up cigarette butts at the beach
VERO has been designed to help clean parks, beaches, narrow alleys and other areas that are typically difficult for wheeled and tracked robots to access.
IMTS 2024 puts you in an automation mindset
Here are just 10 highlights of the digital manufacturing solutions showcased at IMTS.
Using facial temperature-based AI in early disease diagnosis
The new method might lead to early detection and diagnosis of assorted diseases and medical issues, thereby expediting the time it takes individuals to seek out and receive treatment for such issues.
New robots can detach and then fuse arms
The team used a BTF that supports a sticky but typically solid polymer that can be easily melted — the combination of which enables the joints of the robot to be melted, separated and reattached without losing its structural integrity.
Everything is getting easier — thanks to simplexity and some software
Advanced software provides users with comprehensive support for start-up and configuration of FAULHABER drive controls.
Truly personalized medicine made real, thanks to genetic profiling
By understanding a patient's genetic profile, healthcare providers can develop more effective and targeted treatment plans, minimize adverse reactions to medications and enhance preventive care measures.