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New robot picks and places fashion
The Smart Fashion Picker robot is based on Smart Robotics’ line of pick and place robots, which perform repetitive tasks in the warehouse and manufacturing spaces.
FPT Industrial rides the new wave of hybridization at Cannes Yachting Festival 2022
The company revealed the next step in its marine hybridization route and showcased a Guinness World Speed Record-holding diesel powerboat engine.
AGILOX North America opens new Client Experience and Fulfillment Center
The facility supports an expanded workforce and fulfillment capabilities as well as a robotics training academy.
DAWN of a new solar fuel production plant
The world’s first industrial plant to produce synthetic fuels using solar heat is now under construction in Jülich, Germany.
World's most compact Ethernet/IP encoder
Encoders with the Ethernet/IP protocol are now available, including the most compact in the world.
Regaining the ability to walk independently
Patients with neuromuscular disorders can regain mobility with an exoskeleton equipped with an innovative all-in-one component motor and torque sensor from FAULHABER.
New LNP THERMOCOMP compounds from SABIC for automotive GNSS antennas offer improved signal gain vs ceramics
The compounds offer potential to improve signal gain performance versus ceramics in second-generation automotive global navigation satellite system (GNSS) antennas.
Watch how a spraying robot autonomously spots, eliminates weeds on the farm
The Solix Sprayer robot offers weed spot-spray maps with accompanying analysis on inputs saved and it can reportedly service more than 95 acres per day depending upon the field shape and terrain.
Cyborg insects one step closer to reality
The cyborg cockroaches are equipped with a tiny wireless control module powered by a rechargeable battery attached to a solar cell. Ultrathin electronics and flexible materials enable the cyborg cockroaches to move freely.
A sweet approach to wearable electrode design
The key to the highly conformable medical electrode design is the commercially available sugar cube.
Video: Surveying water resources from space
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite mission is expected to improve water resources management through a better understanding of Earth’s water cycle.
New sorting robot to make its warehouse debut
The SortIE sorter robot is a fully autonomous robotic sorting system designed for order fulfillment.
Study: Deepfakes can trick some facial recognition systems
The team determined that four of the most common verification methods currently in use could be easily bypassed using deepfakes.
Video: SpaceX delayed by launch pad hydraulics failure
The company's famed 'chopsticks' robots failed while the launch site was being prepared, but testing got underway eventually.
James Webb snaps its first exoplanet view from afar
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first direct image of a planet outside Earth's solar system.
Metaholograms for detecting light exposure
According to its developers, metaholograms — which are composed of metamaterials — display various holographic images based on the direction of incident light, which is the light that falls on a subject.
Video: Are pneumatic clothes a gamechanger for the mobility impaired?
The technology offers multiple benefits when compared to other motion control technologies under development.
Alstef introduces its baggage handling robot
Alstef, a provider of automated solutions, has developed an autonomous baggage handling robot for airports.
Video: Prospective sites selected for next Moon landing
After a 50 year absence, NASA is tentatively scheduling to bring a human crew back to the Moon by 2025.
New MAXXDRIVE XD industrial gear units from NORD Drivesystems engineered for crane and hoist applications
The new series expands on NORD’s powerful MAXXDRIVE industrial gear unit offering with an extended center distance developed specifically for the demands of industrial cranes and hoists.