Automation and Control

HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • Comau introduces MI.RA/OnePicker, a new and fully automated intelligent piece picking solution

    Vision-based piece picking autonomously grasps randomly placed heterogeneous objects.

  • Biometric dog collar shows promise as an early warning system for earthquakes

    The biometric dog collar reportedly measures pulse, heart-rate variability, temperature and respiration, while also verifying a dog’s stress level as that real-time data gets sent to PetPace.

  • Truck scans city streets for geothermal energy

    Urban Vibro Trucks are geared for use on city streets to explore and detect the potential for geothermal energy below.

  • Using AI to distinguish good potatoes from the bad

    To ensure the quality of sweet potatoes, humans in the lab subject them to rounds of time-consuming assessments to sort out undesirable batches according to characteristics including firmness, sweetness and appearance, among other qualities.

  • Automating agriculture

    Follow along with GlobalSpec for a rundown of some of those automation solutions happening down on the farm.

  • Open-source system forecasts sunny skies for New York

    A predictive tool was tailored to help New York state manage its expanding solar power infrastructure.

  • At least 60 million strokes

    A compact automation system optimized for small parts assembly relies on linear and rotating micromotors from FAULHABER to perform key tasks.

  • DataFEED OPC Suite from Softing Industrial provides access to SINUMERIC 840D CNC machines

    The software solution offers comprehensive support for SINUMERIK 840D computerized numerical control (CNC) machines as well as the integration of web services.

  • New Emerson pressure valves ensure flexible, accurate control for high-precision manufacturing

    AVENTICS series 625 Sentronic electronic proportional pressure control valves and data acquisition software enable quick startup, monitoring and control directly on a PC.

  • New in-line metrology solution to improve battery safety and performance

    The system delivers real-time, full-coverage mass loading analysis for battery electrode coating.

  • Six-armed robot designed for precision pollination

    The six-armed Stickbug is a precision pollination robot that reportedly combines the accuracy of single-agent systems with swarm parallelization in greenhouses.

  • A spider-inspired robot designed for exploring space caves

    The midsized robot is reportedly capable of exploring areas — namely caves or lava tubes — that would typically be difficult for other larger or smaller robots to access.

  • Compact fusion system hits temperature target

    This advance was demonstrated with a sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch approach to fusion.

  • Introducing the SoloCUE Flow Device Manager mobile app

    Save time during commissioning and troubleshooting by connecting via Bluetooth without reopening a meter enclosure.

  • pH comprehensive guide: For measurement practice and applications

    Review the importance of pH measurement for various industries, including pharma, food, chemicals and the environment.

  • Hy-Tek Intralogistics unveils its IntraOne Platform

    The interconnected system of logistics products and services enables companies to maximize their distribution and warehousing operations.

  • Novarc Technologies launches new SWR-TIPTIG to supercharge productivity and change how industries weld

    The mechanized TIG welding system allows operators to make the highest quality welds with speeds two to three times faster than manual TIG welding.

  • A quadruped robot that can simultaneously walk and handle objects

    The quadruped, dubbed LocoMan, is reportedly highly dexterous and capable of performing an assortment of manipulation tasks.

  • Card counting automation made easy

    This batch counter is ideal for counting and batching collectible game cards, gift cards, credit cards and transit passes.

  • Process panel controller enhanced migration features: Panelicity series 36 from Classic Automation

    This powerful controller in a small package features four different pre-defined operator displays, alarms, trends and standard industrial control strategy templates.

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