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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.
Emotional humanoid robot designed for elder care applications
Recently unveiled at the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, the so-called Guanghua No 1 is about 165 cm tall, weighs about 62 kg and reportedly displays facial expressions.
Airworthy material handling system in development for USSOCOM
The sub-10,000 lb airworthy system occupies just one pallet position while excelling at all cargo loading and unloading tasks for full-sized, fully loaded 463L pallets in a variety of challenging conditions and locations.
Pallet by pallet: Intelligent robotic vision system
This intelligent robot-supported depalletizer uses two Ensenso 3D cameras from IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH to provide the required image data.
Zurich Airport starts trial operation of Rohde & Schwarz security scanners
The scanner works with millimeter-wave technology and renders the captured image data anonymously, while also analyzing it in order to detect prohibited items on passengers quickly and accurately.
Patented torsional drilling technology developed for oil and gas operators
Threlix targets the challenges associated with drilling dysfunctions, such as vibration and torsional oscillations, which are often encountered with rotary steerable systems (RSS).
A robot that irons car seats during manufacturing process
Flexiv can seamlessly adapt to the different shapes and contours of a car seat while also applying consistent and precise pressure.
The exoskeleton revolution
Follow along with GlobalSpec as we look back at the seemingly endless variety of exoskeletons currently in various stages of development.
Siemens and Agbotic collaborate on artificial intelligence initiative
The collaboration seeks to validate a new artificial intelligence model intended to improve farming efficiency.
AI-powered tool promises to mitigate construction delays
Delay Forecast flags activities at risk of falling behind schedule, quantifies those risks by providing projections of forecasted delays, as well as recommendations for pace corrections to mitigate and prevent delays.
This robot lifts weights, crawls through pipes
The engineering team reportedly used the actuator to construct an artificial bicep capable of lifting a 500 gram weight, 5,000 consecutive times and a worm-inspired soft robot capable of navigating hairpin curves in a narrow pipe.