People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) experience a gradual decline in their ability to control muscles. As a result, they often lose the ability to speak, making it difficult to communicate with others. A team of researchers at MIT has now designed a stretchable, skin-like device that can be attached to a patient's face and measure small movements such as twitching or smiling. Using this approach, patients can convey various messages, such as "I love you" or "I am hungry," through subtle movements measured and interpreted by the device.
Recently, Dutch goudsmit developed a permanent ultra-wideband magnet with a strong, deep-penetrating magnetic field. The magnet attracts standard rebar of Ø20x120mm at a distance of 550 mm (VDE 0580); something previously only possible with electromagnets.
Many tasks that seem simple to humans have no robotic solutions. Six-pack gripping is one of them, but Piab Vakuum GmbH has developed a system claimed to cause no damage.
At the Institute of Materials Science of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), a research team has developed new infrared radiation sensors based on silicon and graphene Schottky contacts, which are more efficient than infrared sensors currently on the market.
PixelPaint overspray-free technology uses inkjet heads to eliminate overspray, increasing speed by 50% and enhancing sustainability, ensuring that two-coat paints and personalized designs can be applied in a single pass without masking and demasking.
As automakers prepare for electric and autonomous vehicles, they have the opportunity to increase automation and benefit from it. ABB Group announced today that it has received an order for 800 industrial robots from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles to support the production of a new generation of electric vehicles at the Volkswagen plant in Hanover, Germany.
Intel Corporation today announced the launch of its Intel RealSense Dimensional Weight software, a system designed to provide accurate and fast volume measurements. The Dimensional Weight software is designed using Intel's proprietary volume assessment software development kit, based on the L515 Intel RealSense LiDAR camera, suitable for the logistics industry.
The Autonomous Aquatic Inspection and Intervention organization (A2I2) announced today that it has successfully demonstrated an underwater survey robot, scheduled for completion in 2021 month 3. The research and development project involves UK companies and is supported by Innovate UK (Innovate). Strategic Research Fund.
The first presidential debate of 2020 was a failure in public speaking. Unfortunately, after COVID-19 caused more than 200,000 deaths, the United States fell into grief and prosperity. In New York and around the world, we see surges in cases, as few people still immediately recall the panic of overwhelmed hospitals and empty supermarket shelves. Unfortunately, beneath the harsh rhetoric in Washington lies the truth of a collapsing food system and more than 5000 million food-insecure citizens (including 1 out of every 7 children). But mushroom harv
SICK has expanded its product range for speed and length measurement of objects moving along linear paths to include technology that measures directly on the material surface. The non-contact sensors can measure a variety of webs and continuous materials, as well as blanks with only 4μm. From a market perspective, the speed sensor fills the gap between tactile, indirect measurement encoder solutions and laser speedometers, which are often expensive to purchase and require significant effort for integration and operation.
