Hunters: A Good Patent is Good, a Great Lawyer is Even Better
There has to be some way to separate the wheat from the chaff, the frivilous/worthless lawsuits from the honest patents based on hard, sweaty creative efforts that deserve protection.
Dynamic Probabilistic Volumetric Models
From Ali Osman Ulusoy, Octavian Biris, Joseph Mundy of Brown University:
This paper presents a probabilistic volumetric frame- work for image based modeling of general dynamic 3-d scenes. The framework is targeted towards high quality modeling of complex scenes evolving over thousands of frames. Extensive storage and computational resources are required in processing large scale space-time (4-d) data. Existing methods typically store separate 3-d models at each time step and do not address such limitations. A novel 4-d representation is proposed that adaptively subdivides in space and time to explain the appearance of 3-d dynamic surfaces. This representation is shown to achieve compres- sion of 4-d data and provide efficient spatio-temporal pro- cessing. Theadvancesoftheproposedframeworkisdemon- strated on standard datasets using free-viewpoint video and 3-d tracking applications.... ( full paper )
Three-Phase Brushless DC Companion Device Enables Microchip to Offer Complete, Robust Motor System Solutions
MCP8024 Three-Phase Brushless DC Companion Device Provides All Power, Sensing and Protection Functions Needed to Implement a Robust, Highly Efficient Solution
Polaris RANGER to Assist in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
DARPA Robotics Challenge to be held December 20-21, 2013, at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, in Homestead, Fla.
Chips meet Tubes: World's First Terahertz Vacuum Amplifier
New vacuum power amplifier demonstrated at 0.85 terahertz
SERVO DRIVE RANGE COMBINES UNIVERSAL REAL-TIME ETHERNET CAPABILITY WITH SUPERLATIVE ECONOMY
--- advanced capability (real-time Ethernet, STO, digital encoder support..)
at ~25% cost reduction!
--- drives are also adaptable for custom applications and private label
business
A Positive Outlook for the Tooling Industry
2014 is coming up fast and the Tooling Industry is looking positive according to a recent survey conducted by SelfLube. While attending the Fabtech trade show, SelfLube representatives interviewed companies to see what their take was on business for the new year.
FABTECH 2013 Largest Show in History
FABTECH announces that its recently completed show in Chicago set records for numbers of attendees and exhibitors as well as for floor space.
Anaheim Automation Celebrates Their 47th Year in Business
Anaheim Automation celebrates their 47th year in the motion control industry.
Velodyne LiDAR Technology Wins Big in China 'Future Challenge'
Top eight finishers in 23km road test rely on company's 3D LiDAR sensors to guide their intelligent vehicles.
Faster to fill: New Triflex series TRLF-100 from igus
The first folding Energy Chain System for 3D movements
Researchers Build Jellyfish-like Aerial Robot
Up, up in the sky: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a . . . jellyfish? That's what researchers have built -- a small vehicle whose flying motion resembles the movements of those boneless, pulsating, water-dwelling creatures.
New HALCON USB3 Vision Interface
Key benefits of the new USB3 Vision standard are the high bandwidth in
excess of 350 MB/s and an easy-to-use plug and play interface.
Solidoodle Releases New 3D Printer, Solidoodle 4; Announces Micro Center as First US Retail Partner
3D-printer company Solidoodle premieres sleek, easy-to-use 3D printer for consumers and announces retail partnership with Micro Center to feature products in stores across United States.
Microscan Webinar on ID and Inspection for Consumer Electronics Manufacturing
Microscan, a global technology leader in barcode, machine vision, and lighting solutions, announces that it will host an educational webinar titled "ID and Inspection from Circuit to Smart Phone" - an exploration of the role of auto ID (barcode) and machine vision technology in consumer electronics.
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Industrial Robotics - Featured Product
Universal Robots Add a Sense of Touch in New e-Series Cobots with Built-in Force/Torque Sensor and Re-Designed User Interface
With the new e-Series cobot line, Universal Robots raises the bar for cobots, adding unique new features while significantly strengthening the four core principles defining collaborative robots: fast set-up, easy programming, flexible deployment, and safe operation. With a new built-in, tool-centric Force/Torque sensor the e-Series is ready to take on applications requiring force control right out of the box. A repeatability of 30 micron means the new cobots are suitable for very precise finishing, assembly and electronics tasks. A re-designed user interface decreases cognitive load and expedites program development, while a new externally accessible, 500Hz system bus enables more complex motion control algorithms or profiles.
