Researchers created an affordable pneumatic exoskeleton glove that uses machine learning to decode forearm muscle signals and ...

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a soft, pneumatic glove that restores the ability of people with ...

A light source and photosensor combine for effective, reliable, non-contact proximity detection of nearby objects. Non-contact proximity sensors detect the presence or absence of nearby objects ...

Whether fully automatic, semiautomatic or manual, almost every assembly system has some type of sensor for inspection, error-proofing or production monitoring. Thanks to new technologies, sensors are ...

Photonic design and optimization of thin-film polycrystalline diamond waveguides are shown, serving as advanced evanescent field transducers in the mid-infrared fingerprint regime (2000–909 cm –1; ...

Failures in automated welding systems will bring production to a halt. Ironically, the robot, machine bed, pneumatic or hydraulic cylinders, bearings, and other heavy mechanics in the systems don’t ...