Hamburg, Germany – TRINAMIC announces new members of the PANdrive™ family. The latest members of the family are the types PD-140-42-SE and PD-116-60-SE. Both feature TRINAMIC’s integrated absolute sensOstep™ encoder which detects and corrects missed stepper-motor turns by examining the absolute posi-tion. This insures correct shaft motion even under heavy motor loads. Reliable high-speed motor […]
Air Force UAV Hand-me-downs go to NASA and NOAA
65,000 feet, 31-hour unmanned flights, 40,000 sq mi of imagery Northrop Grumman built the $132 million UAVs for DARPA and the Air Force NASA and NOAA will use them for environment research in “Global Hawk Pacific 2009” program
Electric Actuator EGC
Festo announces the addition of the Electric Actuator EGC to the family of electromechanical actuators. The EGC is designed for high dynamic speeds and high rigidity. This modular actuator can be used as an individual component adapted to third-party motors or as a complete system provided by one source – Festo. The EGC offers a […]
Dynamics of Performance
All mechatronic systems, electric, pneumatic and hydraulic, can be evaluated according to thei rdynamics. The aspect of dynamic performance that is most significant is the bandwidth, the inverse of time or 1/t. Its not obvious, but once considered, can make the technology decision a lot easier. 1/t can also be expressed as Hertz, the number […]
Robotic medical simulators
Birthing robots make real sounds and moves Dental training robots feel pain
New Software Enhances Robot Simulation
There is now a more accurate way to simulate robots in action before they’re put to work, thanks to new software developed by Microsoft and DS SolidWorks. The new simulation capability helps companies program robots more quickly and effectively. With Microsoft RDS, you can incorporate 3D CAD models designed in SolidWorks software and simulate robot […]
I Stand Before You Today Humbled By the Tasks Before Us
Eliot Spitzer says: “Robots, Not Roads” F.I.R.S.T. program probably only robotic beneficiary of new presidency Industrial robotics tumble even more thus far in January Service robotic stocks only slightly down Chief technology officer remains unchosen
Time – Part 2
Time is the single variable that ties all of motion control and mechatronics together. And if that is so, its impact on our design work cannot be underestimated. The most basic feature of time is its relationship to work. The work done in a mechatronic system is defined through displacement over time. So a bunch […]
A Winning Plan: Acquire, Diversify, Switch to Service Robotics
That’s what KUKA has done. First by acquisition of IC Industrial Consulting. It’s paid off with an order from Airbus for 41 mobile robotic platforms.
KUKA Robotics On Display at ProMat 2009
KUKA Robotics will display the KR 500 570-2 PA in a de-palletizing demonstration. The KR 500 570-2 PA , a heavy duty robot with a payload up to 570kg and three different palletizing algorithms for mixed and unmixed palletizing is known for it’s space saving and cost-effective support in a spectrum of palletizing applications. The […]
DualVee® Washdown Wheels
Pittsburg, CA – – Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation announces its new patent pending washdown wheels, the latest addition to the company’s signature DualVee product line. Designed primarily to meet the extreme demands of food processing equipment linear motion applications, the washdown wheel significantly extends bearing life, and is interchangeable with standard vee wheels for ease of replacement. […]
Time and Motion
What is the one variable in the universe of motion control system variables that ties everything together? Some time ago a friend of mine, Phd Mathematician, wrote a software program that optimized all the variables required to construct an electric motor. The obvious ones are simple physical variables like diameter and length of the motor […]
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Glowing Reviews from Las Vegas’ Consumer Electronics Show
Praise for Anybots’ QA Humanoid Robot Husqvarna’s Solar Powered Lawnmover iRobot starts YouTube Channel for robot videos
FIRST Launches Eighteenth Robotics Competition
Manchester, NH – FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) launched its eighteenth FIRST Robotics Competition season today with a Kickoff of a new robotics game called “Lunacy” at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, NH, hometown and headquarters of FIRST. “Forty years ago, NASA fueled a generation’s imagination with the success of […]
Navigating the Technology
There’s a lot of cool technology available these days. And one of the problems of having a lot of options is “Navigating the Technology”. What’s the best solution for a particular mechatronic application? I think a good understanding of the application and associated constraints goes a long way to making good decisions. Is the application […]
Robotic Stocks Start Year with tiny surge
2008 results were dismal! Only five stocks ended the year up – one was up 66%! All the rest were down. From -92% to -10%. Worldwide.
BBC SPECIAL: WHERE’S MY ROBOT?
Interview with Neurosciences Inst. Pres. Gerald Edelman about (robotic) cognition and their new Darwin 7 robot