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A Divergent Approach to Vehicle Development and Production
Among the most intriguing vehicles on display at the 2022 Pebble Beach Concours D’ Elegance was a pair developed by an obscure brand, Czinger Vehicles, and its parent company,...
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BMW Takes Multi-Modal Route to Manufacturing
BMW’s Munich factory remains the fertile root of a century of manufacturing, including its first R32 motorcycle in 1923. But the Bavarian automaker’s oldest assembly site is transforming...
5 Ws Materials
5 Ws of a Self-Healing Robot
A team of researchers at Cornell Engineering has developed a soft robot that can detect when and where it was damaged — and then heal itself on the spot.
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Smart Micro-Robots Learn to Swim with AI
Researchers have been able to successfully teach micro-robots how to swim via deep reinforcement learning, marking a substantial leap in the progression of micro-swimming capability.
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Computational Model Enables Robots to Learn New Concepts
The model allows robots to ask clarifying questions to soldiers.
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Lightweight Crane Technology for the Moon
A prototype version could be demonstrated on a large cargo lunar lander.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Enhancing Design Efficiency in Linear Motion Automation
The integrated measuring system (IMS) has demonstrated notable cost savings and improved design efficiencies in linear motion automation applications.
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Tentacle Robot Can Grasp Fragile Objects
Researchers designed a new type of soft robotic gripper that uses a collection of thin tentacles to entangle and ensnare objects.
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Solar-Powered Smart Robots Walk Autonomously
A team has installed electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometers in size so that they can walk autonomously.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
A Laser-Focused Approach to LiDAR
Traditional time-of-flight LiDAR has many drawbacks that make it difficult to use in many 3D vision applications.
Articles Robotics, Automation & Control
2022 Create the Future Design Contest Grand Prize Winner
The platform was developed to democratize programmable matter; to make prototyping, innovation, and research with soft robotics incredibly quick and easy; and to enable researchers, designers, and makers of all backgrounds to unleash their creativity and bring their ideas to life.
R&D Photonics/Optics
Optical Fiber Sensor Measures Deviations in Spine
The sensors have already been used to monitor the curvature of structures and robotic arms. But measuring both the magnitude and direction of the spine’s curvature presents an additional challenge.
R&D Motion Control
Robot Sleeves Help Kids with Cerebral Palsy
The garments will contain sealed, airtight regions that can inflate, making them temporarily rigid and providing the force for movement.
NASA Spinoff Unmanned Systems
Space to Sea: An Underwater Robot Takes a Deep Dive
Aquanaut, built on lessons from NASA’s robot astronaut, will cut costs for ocean industries.
R&D Robotics, Automation & Control
Microfluidic-Based Soft Robotic Prosthetics
Scientists have developed a new type of prosthetic using microfluidics-enabled soft robotics that promises to greatly reduce skin ulcerations and pain in patients who have had an amputation...
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
When Cobots Make a Manufacturing Difference
Robots have been widely used in industry for many years, but cobots, or collaborative robots, are a more recent arrival to the market.
Briefs Motion Control
Inflatable Actuators Use Origami Principles to Deform
Researchers have taken inspiration from origami to create inflatable structures that can bend, twist, and move in complex, distinct ways from a single source of pressure.
Application Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Making Low-Cost Automation Accessible
Roose’s Chocolate World, based in Belgium, is using an automated solution, “ChocoMatic,” that doesn’t break the bank.
Facility Focus Design
Virginia Tech College of Engineering
From artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and manufacturing to health sciences, robotics, and more, the Virginia Tech College of Engineering offers an advanced engineering curriculum.
Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Medical Packaging: Automation of Thermoforming Processes
The medical packaging market has quickly embraced the use of automation for the thermoforming process. Automation has enabled adherence to stringent quality requirements and has...
News AR/AI
Faurecia Puts the ‘Wow Factor’ in Its Process Technologies
Faurecia is on a roll. The France-based Tier 1 has been expanding into clean mobility (including hydrogen storage systems) and recently acquired lighting systems giant...
News Manned Systems
SAE International Extends Call for Abstracts, Seeks Submissions for AeroTech Conference
Engineering Events staff at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, have extended the call for abstracts through September 21 for the...
Briefs Software
An Algorithmic Planner Helps Delegate Tasks to Human-Robot Teams
The technology could be useful in manufacturing and assembly plants for sorting packages, or in any environment where humans and robots collaborate.
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Improving Autonomous Robotic Systems
A new general-purpose optimizer can speed up the design of walking robots, self-driving vehicles, and other autonomous systems.
Briefs Motion Control
A New Method to Improve Motion Planning for Robots
Interactive program aids motion planning for environments with obstacles.
Briefs Design
Single-Step 3D-Printing Process to Build Robots
The piezoelectric “meta-bot” is capable of propulsion, movement, sensing, and decision-making.
Briefs Unmanned Systems
AI-Powered Machines for Hazardous Environments
The robots will be challenged to carry out work too dangerous for humans.
Q&A Robotics, Automation & Control
Q&A: Artificial Skin Could Lead to a New Generation of Touch-Sensitive Robots
A team of engineers from the University of Glasgow led by Professor Ravinder Dahiya developed an artificial skin with a new type of processing system based on...
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