Disc Magnet Motors Hit Sweet Spot
Blog 6/18/2013 Post a comment New disc magnet motors fit into the design trend of stepping up to closed loop performance while maintaining the cost advantage of stepper motor technology.
Connectivity Enabling Smart Manufacturing
Blog 6/17/2013 6 comments The push to achieving more intelligent, integrated manufacturing is putting a strong focus on networking and connectivity as key enabling technologies.
EU Aims to Lead in Power Electronics
Guest Blogs 6/13/2013 6 comments The Last Power project aims to make the EU independent from other developed countries on wide band-gap semiconductors.
Slideshow: Flying Robots Take Action
Blog 6/12/2013 39 comments Surveillance, reconnaissance, and search and rescue in military and first responder situations are popular applications for aerial robots. Yet not all the robots are considered unmanned aerial vehicles.
Protecting Legacy Endpoint Devices With Secure Enclaves
Guest Blogs 6/12/2013 2 comments The legacy endpoint devices that control our critical infrastructure (utility systems, water treatment plants, military networks, industrial control systems, etc.) are some of the most vulnerable devices on the Internet.
Video: Students Develop Tornado-Seeking Drones
Blog 6/10/2013 26 comments An unmanned aerial vehicle under development at Oklahoma State University can penetrate severe thunderstorms, including the supercells from which tornadoes can develop.
Mobile Machine Monitoring
Blog 6/7/2013 8 comments With apps for smartphones and tablets growing at an exponential rate, automation suppliers are responding with development tools that simplify integration of these devices with machine controllers and factory networks.
Motors for Portable Medical Devices
Blog 6/6/2013 5 comments Understanding the advantages of different motor technologies is essential for designing motion solutions for low power, portable medical applications.
Video: RoboBee Finally Takes Off
Blog 6/4/2013 13 comments An engineering team at Harvard University's Microrobotics Lab has completed the maiden flight of its tiny RoboBee robot. The controlled flight of the insect-sized robot that flaps its wings is considered a robotics first.
Engineering for Extreme Environments
Guest Blogs 6/4/2013 4 comments Many drilling operators still employ hydraulic steering systems, but some operators have begun exploiting intelligent electric actuators for directional drilling.
Video: Mobile App-Driven Robot Bartender Makes, Shakes Drinks to Order
Blog 5/31/2013 23 comments Makr Shakr works like this: People download an app to their Android or iPhone mobile device, then create drink combinations. The robot makes the drinks requested with assembly-line efficiency and graceful movements modeled on two professional dancers.
Machine Vision Using Ethernet Powerlink
Blog 5/30/2013 8 comments New connectivity between vision systems and automation solutions based on Ethernet Powerlink communications is creating simplified system architectures that enable higher performance application possibilities.
Slideshow: An Engineer Goes to Congress
Guest Blogs 5/29/2013 24 comments Many engineers often comment that Congress would make better decisions if it included more engineers. What they didn't know...
Energy Harvesting Wireless Technology
Blog 5/28/2013 9 comments Self-powered wireless switches, sensors, and controls are being utilized in a wide range of building automation and industrial applications, leveraging energy harvesting wireless technology to cut installation costs and enable efficient use of energy.
Green Designs for Industrial Cable
Guest Blogs 5/24/2013 7 comments In a world that's going green, industrial operations have a problem: Their processes involve materials that are potentially toxic, flammable, corrosive, or reactive. If improperly managed, this can precipitate dangerous health and environmental consequences.
The Internet of Things' Impact on Medical Care
Blog 5/21/2013 8 comments Healthcare might seem to be an unlikely target application for the Internet of Things technology, but recent developments show small ways that big-data is going to make an impact on patient care moving into the future.
Peak Sine Drive Controller Packs 15X the Power
Blog 5/17/2013 5 comments By refining topologies and using new fluid technology, Moog's new peak sine drive controller increases available power without increasing controller volume.
Video: Seahorse Armor Inspires Robot Design
Engineering Materials 5/16/2013 5 comments Engineers at the University of California, San Diego are designing a robotic arm that takes inspiration from the loose, flexible, yet very strong structure of the armored plates on a seahorse's tail.
Ethernet Drives Networking Advances
Blog 5/15/2013 3 comments Two new introductions in the world of motion drives for automation are moving toward use of standard Ethernet communications, eliminating the use of custom hardware.
Monitoring Load-Pin Stresses Cuts Crane Maintenance Costs
Guest Blogs 5/8/2013 5 comments When a crane doesn't have a monitoring system, crane owners schedule service every six months and simply scrap the parts they replace, even if a part has had little use and doesn't need replacing. This can cost thousands.
Slideshow: Next-Gen Wave Glider Robot Propelled by Solar
Engineering Materials 5/7/2013 21 comments The latest model of Liquid Robotics' Wave Glider autonomous, unmanned marine vehicle (UMV), the SV3, is reportedly the world's first hybrid wave- and solar-power-propelled unmanned ocean robot.
Ethernet Motion Networking to Triple by 2016
Blog 5/1/2013 12 comments Two recent studies by IMS Research highlight the high growth rate of Ethernet motion network, and also the long-term sustainability of fieldbus infrastructures.
Mobile Technology’s Influence on Data Acquisition
Blog 4/30/2013 9 comments Industrial users are coming to expect mobile access to measurement data, according to an article that is part of a recently released National Instruments report.
Video Blog: We May Be Geeks, but We Control the World
Blog 4/29/2013 18 comments People who attend technical conferences like Design West are often mistakenly labeled as geeks. Do you even know what the real meaning of a geek is? Check out my video blog and I'll fill you in.
Slideshow: Nautical Robots Go With the Flow
Blog 4/25/2013 51 comments Whether they navigate the salty seas or fresh water lakes, rivers, or oceans, many underwater robots can do a number of different types of tasks, depending on their payloads.
Patching for Industrial Cybersecurity Is a Broken Model
Blog 4/25/2013 12 comments Recent research from Belden Tofino Security confirms that patching is often ineffective in protecting from the multitude of vulnerability disclosures and malware targeting critical infrastructure systems today.
Wind Turbines Coming to a City Near You
Blog 4/24/2013 54 comments Professor Farzad Safaei of Australia’s University of Wollongong has developed a wind turbine that can be used in urban areas via positioning on skyscrapers and other buildings.
Hannover Highlights Industry 4.0
Blog 4/19/2013 11 comments The buzz at the recent Hannover Messe 2013 centered on a German industry initiative called “Industry 4.0” that automation suppliers believe will lead to increasing digitization, networking, and an ability for manufacturers to leverage productivity advances.
A Chat With Bosch Rexroth Chairman Karl Tragl
Blog 4/16/2013 7 comments While at Hanover Fair last week, Brand Director Rich Nass engaged in an interesting discussion with Dr. Karl Tragl, chairman of the Executive Board of Bosch Rexroth.
Video: Man-Sized Jellyfish Robot to Patrol the Seas
Blog 4/16/2013 16 comments Engineers at Virginia Tech have built a jellyfish robot prototype the size of an adult man they say will one day patrol the seas to monitor environmental conditions, study aquatic life, make maps of the ocean's floors, and perform military surveillance.
Ethernet Process Management & Machinery Standards
Blog 4/15/2013 6 comments At Hannover Fair, ODVA announced two initiatives to strengthen industrial Ethernet standards for process automation, along with a working group looking at exchanging information between machines to optimize machine integration.
Video: Festo's Dragonfly Robot Flies, Hovers & Glides
Blog 4/12/2013 33 comments Modeled after a dragonfly, Festo's latest sophisticated robot is the BionicOpter, which can independently move each of its wings to fly in any direction, as well as hover and glide.
Andrew Morris designed a circuit that could detect a stroke victim's groan and convert the sound into a signal so caregivers would know when help was needed.
New disc magnet motors fit into the design trend of stepping up to closed loop performance while maintaining the cost advantage of stepper motor technology.
At the Design News webinar on June 27, learn all about aluminum extrusion: designing the right shape so it costs the least, is simplest to manufacture, and best fits the application's structural requirements.
On April 21, NASA launched a novel project, putting into orbit three satellites that employ an off-the-shelf commercial smartphone as the control system.
From Dell / Intel® New Paradigms in Design Work Scott Hamilton, vertical market strategist for Dell Precision workstations, 5/2/2013 5
Early in my career, I worked as a draftsman and remember the days of drawing on vellum with numbered pencils and Mylar with plastic lead. This was a fun experience in the sense that I ...
I've been using workstations for more than 10 years and love finding ways to get more performance from my system. With demanding professional applications that require more power each ...
A lasting memory from my first job as an engineer in an auto assembly plant is standing on hard concrete at six in the morning, vending-machine coffee clutched in hand, listening to ...
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