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ChatGPT answers some questions about hydrofracking
GlobalSpec asked ChatGPt to answer some questions about hydrofracking. Read on for ChatGPT's responses.
Video exclusive: Chasing tornadoes in the Texas Panhandle
GlobalSpec's resident meteorologist encounters big weather - and has the footage to prove it.
TSE´s agricultural canopies: PcVue at the heart of a system of photovoltaic shades
The supervisory control and data acquisition system installed at an agrivoltaic shading system manages a database of 25,000 data points.
Comau and Fincantieri present MR4Weld, the first robotized mobile solution for shipbuilding
The unique mobile robotic welding solution is being showcased at Automatica 2023.
The evolving roles of drones in healthcare
The use of UAS in critical healthcare sectors demonstrates a viable way to meet some of the time and accessibility-related challenges simplifying tasks related to emergency response, supply chain, outreach and disease management.
The four levels of fastener automation
Fastener automation is an effective way to get more out of a process, while enhancing reliability and increasing tracking abilities. While some class of automation is an obvious solution, the question then becomes just how much automation is appropriate?
Sponge-jamming device softens the touch of robotic arms
To achieve variable stiffness in its design, the team outfitted the end of a rigid robotic arm with the silicone sponge, making the robot-object point of contact safe.
This robot chef is taking on salads
The team trained the robotic chef using a neural network — which had previously been programmed to identify objects such as fruits and vegetables in the recipes — and by showing the robot several salad recipes.
Video: Cobot automates fastening processes
The turnkey robotic screwdriving assembly cell can be implemented on an existing line or as a portable workstation.
New pneumatic-tire roller is ideal for chipseal
The pneumatic-tire roller was designed for the chipseal process and features five wheels on the front axle and four wheels on the rear axle.
Autonomous robot promises to stave off spotted lanternflies
The TartanPest robot is comprised of an all-electric tractor, a robotic arm and computer vision, which enables the robot to navigate fields and forests to locate and destroy spotted lanternfly egg masses.
App promises to keep wearers safe in event of attack
The women's safety smartwatch app, dubbed Epowar, reportedly monitors the heart rate and body motion of the wearer to detect distress.
Robot dog locates and destroys fire ants
To enable the quadruped robot to detect and eliminate fire ants the team trained an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) system on fire ant nest images taken from different angles and under various environmental conditions.
Safe compact encoders for autonomous vehicles
Compact encoders detect the steering angle and speed of autonomous vehicles to enhance safety and productivity.
ChatGPT builds a tomato-harvesting robot
On the path to developing the robot, the researchers first asked the chatbot what it thought might be the greatest future challenges for humanity, which ChatGPT instantly identified as the food supply.
ARO introduces the EVO Series Electric Diaphragm Pump with exclusive features
The EVO SeriesElectric Diaphragm Pump offers a range of exclusive features that were previously unavailable in a single pump solution, combining the versatility of a diaphragm pump with the efficiency and controllability of positive displacement pumps.
Researchers eye bugs as robotic end effectors
The researchers selected pill bugs, also known as woodlice, as potential end effectors along with chitons, or marine mollusks, thanks to their reported natural reflex to grasp objects.
New tech to keep civilian and supply planes safe from missiles
Elbit’s disposable anti-radar decoy, dubbed the Nano Self Protection Electronic Attack and Reconnaissance (Nano SPEAR), is a miniature system designed to serve as a countermeasure against radar-guided air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles that threaten civilian and supply planes.
Mosquito-killing robots deployed to city sewers
Determining that it is easier to kill mosquito larvae than to kill flying mosquitoes that carry viruses like dengue and zika, the researchers deployed unmanned vehicles underground.
Comau unveils MI.RA/Picker, a fully automated perception-based random bin picking solution
The system autonomously recognizes, locates and grasps randomly placed objects at a rate of up to 40 pieces per minute.