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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.
Robots deployed for re-stocking shelves in convenient stores
The robot, dubbed the TX SCARA, is designed for autonomously restocking refrigerated shelves with bottled and canned beverages.
Vending-machine like robot returns COVID-19 test results in under an hour
The vending machine-like robot collects oral swab samples and offers patients polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results without having to send samples to the lab.
Two wireless pushbuttons for material handling systems from Resgreen
Pushbuttons allow humans to interface with automation equipment to verify and initiate tasks. Resgreen provides two wireless pushbutton models that feature either an OLED or electronic paper (ePaper) display to relay additional information.
Modula, MiR collaborate to deliver an automated storage and picking solution
The automated solution can store, pick and move items within designated areas in warehouses, production or distribution centers, with or without human intervention.
Watch this smart excavator automate construction site tasks
By automating repetitive tasks such as digging, SRI suggests that the smart excavator can improve construction site productivity.
Landmine-detecting drone in the works
The drone features ground penetrating synthetic aperture radar for detecting landmines and was developed under Project FindMine.
Video: Marine fauna inspire energy-conserving adaptive building façade
The optofluidic technology can reduce building energy needs for heating, cooling and lighting by up to 30% when compared with savings afforded by motorized blinds or electrochromic windows.
Hazard detection and rescue robot dog makes its debut
The robotic dog can navigate complex terrain in the aftermath of a disaster, perform detection tasks in extreme weather conditions and navigate both high risk outdoor and indoor spaces.
Bell-Everman ServoBelt arc drive features new large-diameter rotary stage
The system features custom designed rotary and tilt axes that precisely position semiconductor glass panels.