Sensors, Vision
Benefits of scalable machine vision systems
The challenge for machine vision systems remains the ease of configuration and processing, which affects scalability. This needs to improve as the technology becomes more common.
Manufacturer tracking employee health, density with location technology
Emerson is using its technology to monitor the health of essential workers and keep them healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Portable, point-of-care COVID-19 test could bypass lab
A prototype of a rapid COVID-19 molecular test has been developed and it provides a portable instrument for reading the results with a smartphone in 30 minutes, which could bypass sending samples to a lab.
Robotics, machine and motion control market outlook positive for 2021
While the market is down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the market outlook for 2021 is positive according to a report by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) and ITR Economics.
Lidar advances could improve safety, security for vehicles, smartphones
CU Boulder researchers are working on a silicon chip – with no moving parts or electronics – that improves the resolution and scanning speed needed for a lidar system while making them less expensive and more efficient.
Ultraviolet lasers used to examine tiny nanomaterials
CU Boulder researchers have used ultra-fast extreme ultraviolet lasers to measure the properties of materials just 5 nm thick, which they hope can help scientists design tinier and more efficient computer circuits, semiconductors and other technologies.
Cost-effective position control boosts stepper motor performance
Kit-based absolute encoders (position sensors) can make stepper motors a lower-cost option to servo motors for many industrial machinery motion control applications.
Wearable devices developed to ensure workplace social distancing
Iterate Labs' wearable devices help ensure social distancing in the workplace so people work safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Laser inversion enables multi-materials 3D printing
Columbia university researchers develop technique that could transform additive manufacturing processes, enabling the printing of circuit boards, electromechanical components and robots.
Space-rate force/torque sensor developed for Mars 2020 Rover
ATI Industrial Automation worked with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) to develop a custom force/torque sensor for Perseverance, the Mars 2020 Rover project. See video of the project.
