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How Micro-Epsilon sensors can improve automated welding processes
In today’s competitive labor market, automated welding can help alleviate the worker shortage.
NASA mission accomplished: Asteroid trajectory transformed
The intentional collision of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft with asteroid Dimorphos on September 26, 2022, demonstrated the power of humankind to alter the orbit of a heavenly body.
Counting Every Drop Challenge seeks new precipitation measurement solutions
New and improved ground-based precipitation devices that are more accurate and reliable for use in remote areas in extreme weather conditions are sought.
Watch this biomimetic robot hand grab stuff
To create the robotic hand — dubbed model number v15 — the Clone Robotics’ team used pneumatic artificial muscles.
Inoxpa updates progressive cavity pump range with the new KTE pumps
The feeding screws have a specific design adapted to every pump size in order to deliver a gentle passage of solids, according to flow.
Drone fleet works together to build, repair
Designed for possible applications in the construction and manufacturing sectors, Imperial’s fleet of drones, called Aerial Additive Manufacturing (Aerial-AM), mimic the building methods employed by bees and wasps that work together to build larger structures.
Demaco announces the release of its new cryogenic control valve
The valve is EC 1935/2004 and FDA conformant, allowing integration into a wider market spectrum including the food, medical and pharmaceutical industry.
Valworx releases all-stainless-steel air actuated sanitary butterfly valve
The new sanitary butterfly valves feature heavy duty quarter turn stainless steel rack and pinion actuators designed for long service life.
Monitoring solutions for cutting machines
The solution to both productivity and quality can be found in real-time machine monitoring.
AI-guided laser beams aimed at cockroaches
The device features a Jetson Nano, an electronic device that runs machine-learning software; two cameras; a galvanometer, which is an instrument for detecting and measuring small electric currents; and a laser.
New data-sharing platform helps optimize infrastructure industry
The platform provides a comprehensive map interface with utility locations, site hazards, geotechnical conditions, land rights and permit constraints.
ANCILLARY program tech would enable warfighters to deploy, retrieve VTOL systems without infrastructure
As part of the AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY X-Plane (ANCILLARY), the agency plans to build a plane that launches from ship flight decks, for instance, in adverse weather without the launch and recovery equipment generally required of these systems.
Modified X-ray machine identifies explosives in luggage
Researchers scanned a set of objects featuring embedded explosives and determined that the machine could identify the explosives with 100% accuracy in the lab.
Cornell mircrobots smaller than the head of an ant
The solar-powered microbots feature an onboard microprocessor "brain" that enables the robots to walk without being externally controlled.
Watch an obstacle-climbing robot designed for the law enforcement sector
The Mini Vantage robot is described by Transcend Robotics as an obstacle-climbing robot capable of assisting law enforcement during potentially dangerous missions.
Caterpillar-inspired millirobot eyed for biomedical applications
Altering various factors — the composition of ammonium sulfate, the thickness of the gel or the strength of the magnetic field for instance — could potentially enable researchers to fine tune the properties of the gel.
Landmine detection tech to automate the identification of explosives
Grids of mines and munitions are being installed in Oklahoma to train a drone-based, machine-learning-powered detection system to autonomously locate explosives without risking the lives of human workers manually seeking out these explosives.
The differences between capacitive and piezoresistive pressure sensors
Pressure sensors currently installed are based on MEMS technology and utilize piezoresistive or capacitive measurement principles.
Shape-shifting robots can split apart, reassemble
The robots are composed of a ferrofluid featuring magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles suspended in clear oil. According to the researchers, the robots are controlled using magnets.
The origins of orbital debris
According to data from NASA, Russia, the U.S. and China are the biggest contributors of space junk.