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AIMing for Automated Vehicles
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Charlie Wilson's War
May 7, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)
Movie poster
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Both the book (and the movie by the same name) is a remarkable true story that makes you want to do something that will make a difference, like in the story. On one of the tables in AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL MAGIC's Technical Library is jig saw puzzle box containing 1,000 pieces. There is an interesting picture on the lid, but when you open the box the 1,000 pieces are just a jumble of unimpressive looking pieces. From any single piece or even a handful of pieces there no more than a clue as to what the finished product would be. The puzzle is there to remind me and the other team members that the seemingly...Read More
Industries: Machine Control
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Robots and Books
May 5, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)
iRobot - RoboBusiness 2008 demonstrations
RoboBusiness 2008
Since iRobot was founded, in1990 by roboticists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, iRobot has sold more than 2.5 million Home Robots and over 1,200 PackBot® Tactical Mobile Robots. The tactical robots have been deployed worldwide, mostly in Iraq or Afghanistan and have performed tens of thousands of missions. The robots have saved scores of soldiers’ lives and iRobot has won numerous awards. "From cleaning floors to disarming explosives, we constantly strive to find better w
Industries: Machine Control
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Farm Grown Diesel Fuel
April 30, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)
Diesel Fuel that farmers can grow.
FUEL COSTS
With diesel fuel having passed the $4 mark quite some time ago, I am learning more about Oil Fuel crops that I ever thought I would as an engineer specializing in energy conversion. It appears that if I want to have any energy (fuel) to convert, I may have to get involved with the process at its source. My contribution to the movement toward National Energy Independance looks like it will be in the area of vegitable oils to be used as diesel fuel. On behalf of the farmers in the area where I...Read More
Industries: Machine Control
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Truck Vision
April 28, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)
Iteris
DRIVER ASSISTANCE
Machine vision has left the shop floor and is now roaming the roads and highways of the world. Some trucks in the USA are now being outfitted with it. While embraced as a true lifesaver outside of the USA, insurance companies in the United States are taking a wait and see attitude. Rather than giving trucking companies an incentive to install this accident preventing technology, they instead say that if the accident rate goes down, the company can apply for a policy review. The EU on the other hand is getting the cooperation of its members to use every incentive possible to cut the EU's death rate ...Read More
Industries: Machine Control
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Proportional Response
April 25, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)
Power steering kit.
HYDRAULIC STEERING
For tractors and other vehicles like AIM's AGV WENDY DARLING that already have hydraulics power available onboard, hydraulic steering is a reasonable option. The photo shows an example of how quickly the power steering can be installed. The cylinder rod end clamps on the drag link. The two U bolts loop over the hardened steel frame of the truck to hold the bracket in place. All that is needed to complete this picture are the hoses and the computer controlled steering valve. A few days ago Sun Hydraulics sent me a post card about their Electro-hydraulic Proportional Valves with on-board electronics. Thi...Read More
Industries: Machine Control
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