Boston Dynamics Launches ‘Spot’ Commercial Sales
Boston Dynamics has announced the debut of sales for Spot, the agile robot that climbs stairs and traverses rough terrain with ease. The launch marks the first time that businesses
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Smooth Weld Seam Inspection Collaboration Between Humans and Robots
Robots are being deployed in more and more situations, many of which involve collaboration between humans and robots. In a joint project with Volkswagen AG the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications,
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Measuring To Microns One Million Mile Distances
Gravitational waves are miniscule ripples in space-time, thought to be triggered by massive events in space like exploding stars and the merging of black holes at the centre of galaxies.
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Advanced Semiconductor Packaging – Precise 3D Inspection And Measurement
The semiconductor packaging industry continues to advance, with new designs adding more layers, finer features and more I/O channels to achieve faster connections, higher bandwidth and lower power consumption. As
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An Alternative Approach To Metrology – Bringing Measurement Into Production Processes
Quality is often seen as a policing mechanism, rather than a vehicle for improvement. What manufacturers may not realise is by using metrology to police, rather than improve, they are
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AI Enhanced Robotics and The Future of Manufacturing
In today’s manufacturing, robots deployed across various industries are mostly doing repetitive tasks. The robots’ overall task performance hinges on the accuracy of their controllers to track predefined motions. The
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Mass Production of Individualized Products
How can mass production methods be applied to individualized products? One answer is to use a combination of digital manufacturing technologies, for example by integrating digital printing and laser processing
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Designing For Inspection
If you’re designing a new product or component, considering the requirements for inspection can improve productivity and boost quality. Carl Hitchens, Nuclear AMRC head of machining and metrology, introduces the
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Improving Gas Turbine Temperature Measurements
Scientists at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL), in collaboration with Sensor Coating Systems (SCS) have successfully developed a standard light source (SLS) for verification of a temperature mapping device.
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The Future of Force Measurement
The rise of the Internet-of-Things (IoT) and “Big Data” has had a tremendous impact on almost every industry, including force measurement. Up until about ten years ago, the industry had
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