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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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Tangram Vision creates LiDAR comparison tool

Robotics Business Review

LiDAR is useful in autonomy for a number of key functions such as obstacle avoidance, object detection, and object identification. The 3D data from spinning LiDAR is often a key input into navigational systems for autonomous vehicles and robots. ” In 2021, Tangram Vision launched an interactive depth sensor visualizer.

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Why Shoulder Bolts Are Too Important to Ignore, Part 2

Mold Making Technology

If the function of a shoulder bolt is to limit the distance a plate or any mold component travels, it is referred to as a range bolt. Source (All images) | Injection Mold Consulting LLC If the function of a shoulder bolt is to pull a plate or any mold component, then it is called either a stripper bolt, or a puller bolt.

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Visible Touch: Tactile Sensor Enables Multi-Purpose Inspection

Modern Machine Shop

’” Gelsight’s solution features a tactile sensor made of an elastomeric material that’s designed to conform on contact with an object in the same way human skin does. Image provided by Gelsight. But regardless of how it’s done, the part will require multiple inspection methods. ’” he explains.

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Turn Toward Greater Machining Solutions

Fabricating & Metal Work

The vertical column and base are made from heavily ribbed Meehanite castings that minimize thermal distortion and dampen vibration. The powerful milling spindle is available with an HSK-T63 interface with specs of 12,000 rpm, 60.3 72 Nm) at 25% DC, or an HSK-T40 interface with specs of 18,000 rpm, 25.5 www.absolutemachine.com.

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Olsen Actuators Awarded Contract for the British Army’s Challenger 3 Tank

MEM

The high-performance actuator subsystems are a vital enabler of the outstanding functionality and performance that Challenger 3 will provide, whilst maintaining the high levels of survivability and safety required of the British Army. They will help to protect our nation’s tank crews and ultimately save lives.

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How origami inspires world-changing technology

E&T

Experts developed algorithms allowing them to input specs, press enter and create a new pattern instead of having to make models and refold them over and over again. Experts developed algorithms allowing them to input specs, press enter and create a new pattern instead of having to make models and refold them over and over again.

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