Flexpoint Announces First Universal Sensor
Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. announced that through a joint venture relationship, they have completed the development of a sensor and integration of a housing utilizing the patented Bend Sensor for use in multiple seat related applications.
Facial image analysis helps spot liars
A UK academic is developing a noninvasive lie detection system based on the analysis of facial images.
NASA and The Cleantech Open Partner in Robotics Challenge
NASA has selected The Cleantech Open of Redwood, Calif., to manage the agency's Night Rover Challenge that will culminate in a competition in fall 2012
MISUMI'S INNOVATIVE WEB SERVICES HELP MACHINE DESIGNERS SAVE TIME, INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY
MISUMI USA, Inc., a subsidiary of MISUMI Corporation, part of MISUMI Group, Inc., will highlight two recently introduced Web services at the Design & Manufacturing Midwest show in Chicago, September 20-22.
Ultimate Linings Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification
Ultimate Linings is leader in sales and distribution of high quality polyurethane,polyurea and hybrid products for various industrial coating requirements.
Giving Artificial Hands a Sense of Touch
One of the biggest challenges in prosthetic hand development is designing a method that would let prosthetic hands transmit haptic information — the sense of touch — to patients. Machine Design magazine has an article about Kinea Design's new approach that provides wearers with more sensory information, including contact pressure, friction, texture, and temperature. The full article can be read here.
Five Companies Join Rockwell Automation Encompass Program
Two product suppliers have joined the Rockwell Automation Encompass third-party product referencing program in the Americas region, while an additional three companies have been named global partners.
ABB to control pulp and paper plant in India
ABB won an order worth more than $15 million to supply integrated automation and power equipment and related engineering and commissioning services to JK Paper Ltd for its expansion project.
PCL and Toyota Code Sprint 2011
PCL Code Sprints are intended to rapidly advance the capabilities of the Point Cloud Library in a certain area/subject by offering stipends to talented student developers and pairing them with knowledgeable mentors for several months of accelerated software development
"ROS (Robotic Operating Systems) Everywhere!" says Willow Garage's Steve Cousins
Yaskawa America's Motoman Robotics Division signed a collaboration agreement with the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to port Willow Garage's ROS (Robotic Operating System) to the Motoman line of industrial robots.
Microscan's Vision HAWK Smart Camera Brings Robust Vision Inspection to Packaging Operations
Microscan announces the new Vision HAWK smart camera. Built rugged packaging and production environments, the fully-integrated vision system will be demonstrated at the company's booth, #6145, at next week's Pack Expo 2011, taking place in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sept. 26-28.
Freescale Selects Mentor Graphics to Develop Software Libraries for Enhanced AltiVec Engine
Highly advanced software intended to optimize performance of Freescale's QorIQ AMP processors
Thien eDrives Cuts Electric Motor Controller Development Time in Half with Model-Based Design
MathWorks Code Generation Tools for TI's C2000 MCU Speed Progress from First Prototype to Final Series
Edward T. Lu, NASA Astronaut and Renowned Astrophysicist Joins Liquid Robotics
Liquid Robotics, Inc., an ocean data services provider and developer of the first wave-powered Wave Glider marine robot, today announced that Edward (Ed) T. Lu, formerly of Google and NASA, has joined the company as chief of innovative applications.
Improvements To 3D Navigation Using Octomap And ROS
Armin Hornung made major improvements to the OctoMap 3D mapping library. Scan insertions are now twice as fast as before for real-time map updates and tree traversals are now possible in a flexible and efficient manner using iterators. The new ROS interface provides conversions from most common ROS datatypes, and Octomap server was updated for incremental 3D mapping. Armin also worked on creating a dynamically updatable collision map for tabletop manipulation. The collider package uses OctoMap to provide map updates from laser and dense stereo sensors at a rate of about 10Hz.
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Harmonic Drive Introduces New Lightweight Versions of Select Gearhead Products.
Harmonic Drive LLC, a leader in high precision motion control introduces new lightweight versions of select gearhead products. The new gearheads are ideal for designs where weight is a critical factor. Building on the success of Harmonic Drive LLCs current gear units, new lightweight versions were the next logical evolution of the CS/ SH product lines. With weight reductions of 20-30% without any reduction in torque ratings, the Lightweight (LW) gear units provide exceptional torque density.
