Design News - June 25, 2007

Cover Story

Force Control and Machine Vision Guide Robots

Advanced force control techniques and machine vision systems help precision robots cope with imprecise assembly and manufacturing environments.

Departments

Calamities
The Case of the Crooked Crankshaft
Designer's Corner
Flexible High-Power Switch Module
Flash
Marines Go Wireless with Solidica Temperature, Vibration Sensors
PB200 Weather Station Addresses Navigation and Weather
Replacing Scented Cardboard Pine Trees
MEMS Lets Diabetics Avoid Shots
Stopping the Bugatti Veyron, World's Fastest Car
Gadget Freak
Gadget Freak Case #104: Oxygen-Propane Cannon Tests the Big Bang Theory
Rant
Up-Front Engineering Improves Efficiency
Slant
Wireless Conference Calls
The Dodge Report
Defeating IEDs: A Life and Death Mission for Engineers
Weblog
Readers React Angrily to Global Warming Column

Feature

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Design Engineers' Portal for Sensing and Machine Safety
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