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Here are basic steps for creating control panel designs. Chris Kregoski, product engineer for AutomationDirect, wrote an article posted in April […]
May 11, 2022 – AutomationDirect has added new stainless steel linear variable inductance transducers (LVITs) from Alliance Sensors Group to […]
May 11, 2022 – AutomationDirect has added additional sizes and styles of FATH T-slotted rail hardware. Several new types of fasteners have […]
May 4, 2022 – AutomationDirect has added new infrared pyrometers from Optris. These pyrometers use non-contact sensing to determine the […]
Companies and industries around the globe use R. Stahl’s superior explosion protection equipment and systems to protect against deadly […]
Using the AutomationDirect Do-more BRX PLC, an extrusion company progressively upgraded and simplified their legacy manufacturing lines, greatly […]
With our student getting ready to return home it was time to setup the den upstairs. The timing couldn’t have been better because BenQ got...
I’ve referred back to this post about a Smart Home Utopia many times since I wrote it 14 years ago. In the intervening years, there...
Last August we took a look at some of the decisions that led us to build a low energy home. Now that we’ve been through...
The Automated Home Blog started life in 1996, so 2021 saw it reach its 25th Anniversary. The top 20 most popular posts from the past...
One of the cool controls we loved using during our weekend staying in the Loxone Show Home in Austria was the ‘Touch Surface’. What Is...
In Part 1, friend of Automated Home, MarkB, started to convert his smart home over to using Shelly modules and in Part 2 he created a...
All businesses globally have been forced to deal with the realities of stay-at-home orders as we cope with COVID-19. Manufacturers that once […]
This is the third in a series of blog posts exploring the many ways in which cobots support adaptation and business continuity in uncertain […]
In the second of our ongoing series of blog posts showing how Universal Robots cobots are being used in the battle against COVID-19, we look at […]
Machine tending is one of those tasks that's ideally suited to collaborative robot-powered automation. Dull, often dirty and sometimes […]
Cobots are emerging as a tremendous force for good in the global battle against COVID-19. In this, the first of an ongoing series highlighting […]
This is the second in a series of blog posts exploring the many ways in which cobots support adaptation and business continuity in uncertain […]
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is transitioning from a research field focused on game playing to a technology with real-world applications. […]
‘Smart socks’ that track rising distress in the wearer could improve the wellbeing of millions of people with dementia, non-verbal autism […]
As the next edition of the Swiss Robotics Day is in preparation in Lausanne, let’s revisit the November 2021 edition, where the vitality and […]
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Afreez Gan, who is the founder and CEO of MangDang; MangDang is a Chinese startup that makes Minipupper, […]
Future generations of robots will work very differently from those that assemble entire vehicles or solder electronics onto circuit boards at […]
The Inspection and Maintenance (I&M) Industry represents a large economic activity spanning across multiple sectors such as energy, oil […]
“Always use the right tool for the job.” The old adage is applicable whether you’re talking about a hand tool or something as […]
Like all manufacturers, fabricators know that they must change when the marketplace requires it. Some of them even welcome the chance to do […]
COPENHAGEN—Bosch Rexroth Corp. has acquired a majority stake in Kassow Robots ApS, which specializes in seven-axis cobots that can work in […]
The iconic Fiat 500 is a legendary automobile. In Italy, the cinquecento is considered to be the "people’s car." Since 1957, more than 6 […]
For decades, automakers have primarily used robots for welding and painting. Final assembly lines were considered too complex and too unsafe for […]
Justifying automation has never been easier. The Covid pandemic, coupled with a severe worker shortage, a widening skills gap and the "great […]
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly […]
The relatively simple and now quite pervasive quadrotor design for drones emphasizes performance and manufacturability, which is fine, but there […]
Robots are well known for having consistency and precision that humans tend to lack. Robots are also well known for not being especially […]
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly […]
This is a sponsored article brought to you by SICK Inc..From advanced manufacturing to automated vehicles, engineers are using LiDAR to change […]
Today, Clearpath Robotics is opening pre-orders for the newest, fanciest TurtleBot: the TurtleBot 4. Built on top of iRobot’s Create 3 in […]
Robin Murphy, a roboticist at Texas A&M University has published a Focus piece in the journal Science Robotics outlining her views on the […]
The robotic explorer GLIMPSE, created at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, has made it into the final round of a competition for […]
Reconfigurable or "transformer" systems are robots or other systems that can adapt their state, configuration, or morphology to perform […]
Ai-Da sits behind a desk, paintbrush in hand. She looks up at the person posing for her, and then back down as she dabs another blob of paint […]
Researchers at University of Bologna and Electrolux have recently developed a new robotic system that could assist humans with one of their most […]
Thousands of emperor penguins waddling around Antarctica have a stalker: A yellow rover tracking their every move.
“Always use the right tool for the job.” The old adage is applicable whether you’re talking about a hand tool or something as […]
MINNEAPOLIS—Banner Engineering has begun integrating its sensors, LED lighting, machine safety, connectivity technologies, and industrial […]
FRANKFURT/TOKYO—Data recently published by the International Federation of Robotics indicates that Japan is delivering 45 percent of the […]
LEWIS CENTER, OH—ATS Industrial Automation has opened a new 240,000-square-foot battery assembly plant here.
Despite its advanced capabilities, automation equipment used on assembly lines remains susceptible to failure. This presents manufacturers with […]
Justifying automation has never been easier. The Covid pandemic, coupled with a severe worker shortage, a widening skills gap and the "great […]
After running simulations on the world's most powerful supercomputer, an international team of researchers has developed a theory for the […]
Ever smaller and more intricate -- without miniaturization, we wouldn't have the components today that are required for high-performance […]
Engineers have developed p-channel transistors through halide anion engineering. The new technology realizes a threshold voltage of 0 V and is […]
Fruit flies synchronize the movements of their heads and bodies to stabilize their vision and fly effectively, according to researchers who […]
Researchers have developed a single-material, single-stimuli microstructure that can outmaneuver even living cilia. These programmable, […]
Researchers have shown it is possible to perform artificial intelligence using tiny nanomagnets that interact like neurons in the brain.
Artificial Intelligence Chip Market: Global Industry Trends, Growth, Size, CAGR of 36.2%, Segmentation, Future Demands, Latest Innovation, Sales […]
Is Artificial Intelligence Made in Humanity's Image? Lessons for an AI Military Education War on the Rocks
University of Western Ontario: Western Engineering launches artificial intelligence specialization India Education Diary
AI Engineers and Specialists Who Quit Meta to Launch Startups Business Insider
Manufactural Artificial Intelligence Market Size in 2022 : value chain analysis, SWOT analysis, restraints, Growth Opportunities, Driving […]
Using artificial intelligence to stop antibiotic resistant superbug outbreaks in our hospitals The National Tribune
Researchers have shown it is possible to perform artificial intelligence using tiny nanomagnets that interact like neurons in the brain.
A robot 'chef' has been trained to taste food at different stages of the chewing process to assess whether it's sufficiently seasoned.
Biomedical engineers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) training strategy to capture images of mouse brain cells in action. The […]
Collective behavior and swarm patterns are found everywhere in nature. Robots can also be programmed to act in swarms. Researchers have […]
Researchers have developed a technique that enables a robot to learn a new pick-and-place task with only a handful of human demonstrations. This […]
A new way of using artificial intelligence to predict cancer from patient data without putting personal information at risk has been developed. […]