3D Printing & Robots at MD&M West
Engineering Materials 2/26/2013 34 comments There are lots of ways to build a product, from high-speed robotic assembly lines to small, refrigerator-sized 3D printing machines that make actual metal production parts for medical or aerospace uses. Many were on display at MD&M West and co-located shows.
New Class of Mobile Industrial Robots
Blog 2/25/2013 17 comments A new category of mobile robots uses a localization and navigation engine to enable self-driving operation in indoor plant and warehousing environments.
NASA Awards Bigelow Aerospace $17.8M to Add New Module to ISS
News 2/20/2013 11 comments NASA has awarded Bigelow Aerospace a contract to deliver its Bigelow Expandable Activity Module to the International Space Station for experimental use for two years upon its launch to the station in 2015.
Slideshow: Technology on Display in Anaheim
Blog 2/19/2013 29 comments Thousands of companies came together at the Anaheim Convention Center last week to display their technologies during the Pacific Design & Manufacturing, ATX, and MD&M West shows, among others.
Agile Planet Launches Plug-and-Play Smart Motion Controllers
Product News 1/23/2013 11 comments Texas-based startup Agile Planet has released two new smart controllers as part of its flagship product line aimed at simplifying motion control for manufacturing automation and other types of robots.
Repair Robot Will Do On-Site CNC Machining
Blog 1/23/2013 13 comments A European consortium is working on a repair and maintenance robot system for on-site CNC machining in dangerous or hard-to-access environments.
Human-Like Bipedal Walking Robot
Features 1/16/2013 10 comments In the world of robotics engineering, there are two primary ways to view how a robot walks. The trick has always been keeping a dynamically walking robot upright.
Slideshow: Military Robots Extend Humans' Reach
Blog 1/7/2013 21 comments While many military robots are the increasingly familiar small and tank-like unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) moving on treads or wheels, other more specialized types are appearing.
Encoders Know All the Angles
Mechatronics Zone 1/4/2013 8 comments Engineers use rotary encoders to measure the angular position of an attached device or to measure distance indirectly.
Ultimate Reliability: Wind Turbines
Blog 12/26/2012 20 comments Automation and motion control technology is playing a pivotal role in wind turbine refinement by boosting reliability, operating efficiencies, and remote diagnostics.
A Machinist's Calculator for the Holidays
Mechatronics Zone 12/17/2012 18 comments The Machinist Calc Pro computes speeds and feed rates for milling, turning, and drilling: cutting speed, spindle speed, feed rate (inches/minute), cutting feed, etc.
Video: Robot Swarm Channels Beethoven
Blog 12/17/2012 11 comments A swarm of robots uses spatio-temporal routing algorithms to deploy the fewest members and travel the shortest distance possible while playing "Fur Elise."
ICCVE: Rail Transportation & Communications
Guest Blogs 12/17/2012 2 comments In the world of transportation, the role of the engineer as a force for innovation has never been greater and the opportunities have never been more challenging than today.
Engineering Faculty Debates Generalists vs. Specialists
Mechatronics Zone 12/14/2012 24 comments During a recent meeting with engineering-school faculty and alumni, Contributing Technical Editor Jon Titus talked about whether colleges should educate generalists or specialists. What do you think?
Automatic Code Generation & the Arduino
Guest Blogs 12/6/2012 10 comments Innovation in engineering practice and education has been reinvigorated by two complementary concepts: automatic code generation and the inexpensive, open-source, single-board microcontroller.
Update on Thought-Controlled Robots
News 11/27/2012 14 comments By focusing their attention on patterns shown on a PC screen, users can control which actions they want a robot to perform, where the robot moves, and how it interacts with its environment.
An Undersampling Wrapup
Mechatronics Zone 11/27/2012 Post a comment Contributing technical editor Jon Titus wraps up his undersampling columns with sample rates and a plot with extrapolated lines.
Slideshow: Great Space Rovers
Blog 11/20/2012 31 comments The Canadian Space Agency, makers of the International Space Station's 30-year robotic Canadarm project, is working on lunar and Mars robot rovers.
Video: Robot Turns Your Dreams Into Art
Blog 11/16/2012 15 comments Ever wondered what your nightly tossing, turning, and snoring would look like if turned into art by a robot? Winners of a chance to stay at a European hotel chain will find out when their sleep pattern data is captured by sensors and painted by an ABB robot.
Video: Pointing & Clicking Without a Mouse
Blog 11/16/2012 10 comments Microchip’s GestIC technology, which enables intuitive, gesture-based, non-contact user interfaces, is the heart of a range of end products, starting with the MGC3130.
Robots Take Human Factor Out of Mining
Blog 11/16/2012 21 comments Engineers have developed robots to take the human factor out of mining work and provide automation in the process, making it more efficient and less dangerous for the people involved.
Video: German Robot May Beat You at Ping-Pong
Blog 11/15/2012 13 comments A German research team created the first robot that can not only play ping-pong like a human, but also improve its game by learning from its human opponents.
Slideshow: Pack Expo Packs 'Em In
Blog 11/8/2012 13 comments The world's biggest packaging show, Pack Expo in Chicago, provided a glimpse of the future of automated machinery and robotics.
By experimenting with the photovoltaic reaction in solar cells, researchers at MIT have made a breakthrough in energy efficiency that significantly pushes the boundaries of current commercial cells on the market.
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.
With LEDs dropping in price virtually every year, automakers have begun employing them, not only on luxury vehicles, but on entry-level models, as well.
From Dell / Intel® New Paradigms in Design Work Scott Hamilton, vertical market strategist for Dell Precision workstations, 5/2/2013 5
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A quick look into the merger of two powerhouse 3D printing OEMs and the new leader in rapid prototyping solutions, Stratasys. The industrial revolution is now led by 3D printing and engineers are given the opportunity to fully maximize their design capabilities, reduce their time-to-market and functionally test prototypes cheaper, faster and easier. Bruce Bradshaw, Director of Marketing in North America, will explore the large product offering and variety of materials that will help CAD designers articulate their product design with actual, physical prototypes. This broadcast will dive deep into technical information including application specific stories from real world customers and their experiences with 3D printing. 3D Printing is
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