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Electronics & Computers

Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor

A new line of axial-lead aluminum electrolytic capacitors from Cornell Dubilier Electronics, Inc. (Liberty, SC) is available for applications that require very high-performance under all operating conditions....

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Advanced Motor Control Tool

Microchip Technology Inc.'s (Chandler, AZ) advanced motor control software plug-in for MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE) features auto tuning and self-commissioning capability. The plug-in, called...

Product Briefs

Automotive

Wobble Plate Compressor

An anchor product for T/CCI Manufacturing (Decatur, IL), the 7H wobble plate compressor is claimed to be the leading design in the industry for the heavy-duty truck and construction sector. According to the company, its...

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Motion Control

Sensor-Controlled Air Springs

Equipped with Continental sensor technology, the height of ContiTech’s (Auburn Hills, MI) air springs can now be adjusted electronically, the internal pressure monitored and the internal temperature measured....

Articles

Electronics & Computers

Longer, Lower, Wider Fashion Reaches Formula One for 2017

American Formula One viewers squinting through bleary eyes at the live early-morning broadcasts from Europe have noticed changes to the sophisticated race cars for the 2017: they are...

Articles

RF & Microwave Electronics

Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Reality

The soaring role of software has already fostered many changes for automakers, but those transitions may pale in comparison to the challenges expected when artificial intelligence is employed in the...

Articles

AR/AI

AI Digs Deeper

Artificial Intelligence has been around since the 1950s, but in many ways it’s still an emerging technology. Large systems for years have utilized various forms of AI, but the technology only now is becoming viable in mass...

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Propulsion

Meeting the Ignition Challenges of Next-Gen Off-Highway Gaseous-Fueled Engines

Environmental pressures and total cost of ownership are beginning to change the types of engines used for off-highway applications, and this trend is likely to...

Product Briefs

Electronics & Computers

DEUTSCH Connector

The newly redesigned 2-pole DEUTSCH connector (MDC06-2S) from Murrelektronik, Inc. (Suwanee, GA) is an extremely compact connector—18-mm (0.71-in) long when plugged in—making it easier than ever to make connections, even in confined spaces. Pre-wired and 100% electrically tested, the DEUTSCH connector requires no work in the...

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Materials

High Temperature, Electrically Conductive Adhesive

The EO-98HT from EpoxySet (Lincoln, RI) is electrically conductive epoxy for electrical circuits.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Lidar Heats up as Sensor Demand Rises

Many autonomous-driving development plans call for deploying a handful of solid-state Lidar sensors on each vehicle, but the Lidar modules used for today’s prototype vehicles all are mechanical...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Magnetic Multiturn Encoder Technology

POSIHALL is ASM Sensors' (Elmhurst, IL) new magnetic multiturn encoder technology. According to the company, the new encoder technology measures true-absolute and is the robust alternative to optical...

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Electronics & Computers

J1939 CAN Bus Splitter

The CAN bus splitter from Trombetta (Milwaukee, WI) provides a cost-effective and space-efficient way of connecting multiple devices to the J1939 CAN bus. Featuring a small footprint, this module reduces cost by eliminating Y adapters and extra harnesses typically used to provide additional connections to the bus. The module...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Leveraging Connectivity to Drive Business

Connectivity in regard to hydraulic systems involves the utilization of “smart” components, which work together and communicate with one another on a common system. These components can include...

Executive Viewpoints

Propulsion

Making Sure Next-Gen Diesels Are Right for the Next Generation of OEM Equipment

Today, OEMs are placing a greater emphasis on building long-term customer relationships that extend well beyond the original sale of the machine. Intense global...

Executive Viewpoints

Green Design & Manufacturing

An Alternative Approach: FPT Industrial Invests in Industrial Engines Running on Natural Gas

The demand for greater environmental sustainability in urban areas coupled with the upcoming reforms that are expected to drastically reduce limits...

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Propulsion

Future Engine Emissions Reduction Strategies

Demands on off-highway vehicles and trucks today are exceedingly complex. Equipment must be more environmentally friendly, work in a more aggressive environment, run longer hours and rely upon...

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Defense

New Products

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Sensors/Data Acquisition

Fast-Tracking Autonomous Vehicles with Simulation

Artificial intelligence developments are set to fundamentally transform mobility, whether it is mobility of weapon payloads, supply deliveries, urban commuters, warehouse goods, delivery...

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Aerospace

Developing a Multi-Modal UGV Robot Control Interface

Unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) are currently being used or developed for operational maneuvers (e.g., reconnaissance and IED defeat), maneuver support (e.g., route clearance), and sustainment...

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Energy

Solar Powering UAVs

One of the largest problems facing the aerospace industry involves size, weight, and power (SWaP) analysis and the increasing size of payloads with typically a finite amount of power to drive ever more demanding systems....

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Unmanned Systems

Deploying COTS Subsystems in UUVs

In December, 2016 the newest class of unmanned vehicles, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) made international headlines after China, in an unprecedented act, seized an unclassified “ocean glider” operated...

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Defense

Interoperability Standards Pave the Way for Modular Robotic Manipulators

Unmanned vehicles have long been used by the military to handle situations characterized by the three Ds: dull, dirty, and dangerous. As the use of unmanned ground...

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Automotive

Innovations for Lightweighting: FCA slashes Pacifica mass with magnesium, hot-stamped steel

For the past 20 years, the steel industry has parried the most aggressive thrusts of its aluminum competitors and outpaced them in real-world...

Briefs

Robotics, Automation & Control

Experimental Confirmation of an Aquatic Swimming Motion Theoretically of Very Low Drag and High Efficiency

It has been established theoretically that self-propulsion of deformable bodies in ideal fluid can occur with a careful specification of...

Briefs

Aerospace

Gesture-Based Controls for Robots: Overview and Implications for Use by Soldiers

Afuture vision of the use of autonomous and intelligent robots in dismounted military operations is for soldiers to interact with robots as teammates, much like...

Briefs

Aerospace

A Guide for Developing Human-Robot Interaction Experiments in the Robotic Interactive Visualization and Experimentation Technology (RIVET) Simulation

ARL's Intelligent Systems Enterprise vision is to enable the teaming of autonomous intelligent...

Briefs

Robotics, Automation & Control

Identifying the Flow Physics and Modeling Transient Forces on Two-Dimensional Wings

The main objective of this research was to better understand the flow physics of aircraft wings undergoing highly unsteady maneuvers. Reduced-order models play a central role in this study, both to elucidate the overall dynamical mechanisms behind various flow...

Briefs

Robotics, Automation & Control

The Scaling of Loss Pathways and Heat Transfer in Small Scale Internal Combustion Engines

The rapid expansion of the remotely piloted aircraft market includes an interest in 10 kg to 25 kg vehicles (Group 2) for monitoring, surveillance, and...