Automation and Control

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  • Video: Indoor drones safely deliver radiation data

    Flyability’s Elios 3 indoor drone is now equipped with a radiation survey meter from Mirion Technologies.

  • Students: Help NASA manage Moon landing dust

    University students are invited to help NASA clean up an issue pertaining to landing spacecraft on the lunar surface.

  • Comau advances automated workflow with powerful mobile robotics

    The platform, which integrates a six-axis articulated robotic arm and an autonomous mobile vehicle, can be used across multiple different industries.

  • See videos and 3D images snapped by this gigapixel microscope

    A new kind of microscope stitches together videos from dozens of smaller cameras to provide researchers with 3D views of their experiments.

  • New robotic hand identifies objects in its grasp

    Using high-resolution touch sensing, the robotic hand reportedly identifies objects accurately after grasping them just once.

  • New functionalities of edge products from Softing Industrial facilitate integration into IT solutions

    The edgeConnector products and the edgeAggregator from Softing Industrial offer a range of functionalities in version 3.40 that make integration into IT solutions much easier.

  • Video: A COSMIC plan to capture orbital debris

    The U.K.-based initiative will demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations and robotic debris capture technologies to remove two defunct satellites by 2026.

  • Robotic bees set to groom queen bees

    In a bid to improve honeybee populations, which are essential for pollination, the company is combining micro-robotics, machine learning and biological technologies to develop so-called court bees that perform hive tasks including feeding, cleaning and pheromone production for the queen.

  • Watch this soft robot mimic a caterpillar

    To mimic the biomechanics of a caterpillar whose movements are controlled by the local curvature of its body — which curves differently when it pulls itself forward than it does pushing itself backward — the team used nanowire heaters to control the robot’s replicated curvature and movement.

  • 'Eagle-eyed' mobile system locates downed utility poles

    The system runs on edge computing hardware that is mounted on a quadcopter or drone, which can be deployed in the event that local infrastructure is damaged or destroyed following a natural disaster.

  • Flowserve announces release of the Worcester 51/52 Series Reduced Port Flanged Ball Valves

    Thanks to improved live-loaded stem sealing, the Worcester 51/52 series ball valve offers superior reliability and exceptional leakage resistance.

  • Watch this shark-inspired robot consume plastic river waste

    The WasteShark, from the company Ran Marine, is a wide-mouth autonomous robot inspired by a whale shark’s mouth that can reportedly ingest up to 21,000 plastic waste bottles a day, according to its developer.

  • Snake-like robot now eyed for tunnel warfare applications

    The EELS system, which is composed of several identical segments that enable the robot to move in a sidewinding, snake-like motion, can traverse water, sand, ice and rock.

  • Vogelsang presents new HiCone progressive cavity pump with innovative design geometry

    Thanks to the clever adjustment system, the rotor and stator can be optimally positioned to each other according to operating parameters like pressure, temperature and viscosity.

  • How do induction motors work?

    In this type of AC motor, the rotor’s required electric current for producing torque is generated by electromagnetic induction from the stator windings.

  • Swarm technology wrangles wind turbine wakes

    Significant energy production increases can be realized at wind farms via collective control and advanced analytics.

  • Non-intrusive sensor for pipeline monitoring under development

    The non-intrusive sensor — unlike intrusive sensors that need to be pre-installed during pipeline construction — can be installed after pipeline construction and use light and sound-based measurement systems.

  • KLINGER Ballostar KHA: Versatile ball valve for extreme applications

    The new Ballostar KHA boasts superior fire safety features as standard, improved corrosion protection, serial antistatic equipment in accordance with ISO 7121 and EN 1983, and an optimized sealing system.

  • Robotic arm pumps gas autonomously

    The autonomous robotic system features a robotic arm that is capable of refueling cars.

  • CPC Pumps launches the BB5 complementing International API 610 range

    The BB5 features a double-casing design as well as improved sealing designs enabling deployment in high-temperature and high-pressure applications as well as those with low specific gravity fluids.

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