Exoskeletons on the Move
December 1, 2018
Sensors, CAD models and human-based designs advance wearable exoskeletons.
Swarm 3D Printing Concrete Structures
November 12, 2018
Autonomous robotic printers create large concrete forms.
The New Decentralized Innovation Stack
September 1, 2018
A technology stack is a set of IT products or services that independently are useful and important, but when integrated become a platform for greater innovation.
BMW, MIT Collaborate on Inflatable 3D Printing
July 17, 2018
MIT is working with automaker BMW to create a 3D-printed inflatable materials that can self-transform and morph into different states.
MIT Prints Shape-Shifting Soft ‘Bots
June 26, 2018
MIT engineers have joined the shape-shifting robot fray with 3D-printed structures that can change shape and move using magnetism.
Researchers at MIT have 3D printed soft robots that can move or change shape when exposed to a magnetic field. The...
Students Walk the Innovation Talk
June 1, 2018
Rini Paiva is the vice president, Recognition and Selection, for the National Inventors Hall of Fame. We spoke to him to learn more about the Collegiate Inventors Competition.
Military Moves Toward Driverless Vehicles
May 24, 2018
Combatting engineering issues related to automated vehicles in combat settings.
Arduino Partners with Distrelec to Launch Automation and Robotics Contest
April 30, 2018
Users of the Arduino ecosystem challenged to design and build solutions for Industry 4.0 applications.
Robotics & AI Summit to Tackle Automation’s Potential and Challenges in Manufacturing
April 13, 2018
The Robotics & AI Summit will address the challenges and the potential for automation in manufacturing.
3D Printing a Piece of the Puzzle
April 1, 2018
3D printing alone won’t change the world, but it’s a growing part of the puzzle for people with the right vision.
Siemens’ NX Expands Toolset for Digitalizing Machine Shop
November 20, 2017
Expanded software toolset from Siemens integrates additive manufacturing, machining, robotics and quality inspection to digitalize part manufacturing
Don’t Miss the Battle of the Behemoth Bots: U.S. vs. Japan
October 17, 2017
U.S. and Japanese gigantic robots to go head-to-head in battle on October 17 for the world to see.
Gannon University Receives $373 Million In-Kind Software Grant from Siemens
September 22, 2017
Gannon University has received an in-kind product lifecycle management software grant with an estimated commercial value of $373 million from Siemens.
Industry Needs Student Competitions to Define—and Design—the Robots of Tomorrow
September 15, 2017
Few engineers or researchers working in industry today have mastered all the disciplines required to build an autonomous robot—and that has potentially negative ramifications for a manufacturing sector already beset by retiring baby boomers.
The New Face of Cyber-Physical Systems
May 24, 2017
Manufacturers turn to new robotics and computing systems to transform the current path of automation so human expertise is not lost.
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NVIDIA AI Summit: AI Powers Everything, from Autonomous Cars to the Search for Alien Life
NVIDIA's Bob Pette credits Tensor Cores and CUDA as the catalysts for AI revolution
MachineWorks and Productive Machines Ink Strategic Partnership
This collaboration aims to introduce efficiency in machining processes, the companies report.
OpenBOM Releases Major Update for Onshape
Look for new drawing features, simplified settings, and enhanced speed, company says.
Altair and Munich Technical School Partner on Quantum Computing
Research details solutions for several key challenges of quantum computing implementation.
@Xi Delivers AI Supercomputer to University of Wyoming
Not counting the CPU nodes, this new supercomputer power reaches up to 6.3 PetaFLOPS FP64/32 peak performance.
Ansys Teams Up with Microsoft and TSMC for Photonic Simulation
Companies collaborate to speed up simulation and analysis of silicon photonic components, according to Ansys.
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