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Tangram Vision creates LiDAR comparison tool

Robotics Business Review

A screenshot of Tangram Vision’s LiDAR comparison tool Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure distance. The 3D data from spinning LiDAR is often a key input into navigational systems for autonomous vehicles and robots.

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Bot Building 101: Three tips for high-performing robotics teams

Robotics Business Review

Robotics competition teams can use the Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kit. Source: AMD From students and startups to the world of entertainment, interest in robots is everywhere these days. Timing is everything in robotics Just as location is everything in real estate, timing is everything in automation.

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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 6: Why, and How, Hardinge is Reshoring Machine Tool Production

Modern Machine Shop

Listen to the sixth episode of season two here, or visit your favorite podcast platform to subscribe to “Made in the USA.” The following is a complete transcript for Season 2 Episode 6 of the “Made in the USA” podcast. ” Catch up on season 1 here. David Bassett: I'm a hardcore patriot of this country.

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How origami inspires world-changing technology

E&T

Panel arrays on satellites must be folded down into compact forms in order to pack them into a relatively narrow rocket, and only unfurled to form large flat surfaces once the rocket has blasted into outer space. It’s thought that the first origami solar array was packed into a Japanese spacecraft that launched in 1995.

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Navigating Outsource Manufacturing

Trimantec

A form of outsource manufacturing, contract manufacturers will either produce complete assemblies for a brand name supplier (private label manufacturing) or sub-assemblies. No matter the size of your operation, small or large, there are always times when outsourcing is an attractive means to an end. Outsource Manufacturing and Its Subsets.

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Best practices for effective automation applications, Part 1: Automation effectiveness through data collection

Control Engineering

Automation application insights System integrators can play a key role in improving automation applications by providing their expertise from past projects to show different perspectives. Developing a thorough automation response based on the data collected and using that data to help inform the next course of action is the best approach.

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Servo and Stepper Motors: From Steamboats to Robots

DO Supply

This made them ideal for applications where maintaining a fixed position is critical, such as holding a camera or laser steady during a scanning operation. His centrifugal governor, for example, was an early form of mechanical feedback control, automatically adjusting the flow of steam to stabilize engine speed.