Outer space is unforgiving. This is why precision drives embarking on a trip to other planets need to meet extremely high quality standards. Learn more about maxon’s contribution to the current NASA Perseverance mission: mars.maxonworld.com Read more in the full Driven Magazine. The post 5 challenges a motor has to overcome on Mars appeared first […]

Years of collaboration between maxon and the space experts at JPL led to the development of the BLDC motors which handle the valuable soil samples on Mars during the Perseverance mission. Meet maxon’s specialists behind those actuators and find out what drives them. Learn more about maxon’s contribution to the current NASA Perseverance mission: mars.maxonworld.com […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology here have developed a system that creates a photorealistic simulation engine with infinite steering possibilities. It is designed to help self-driving cars learn to navigate numerous worse-case scenarios before they roll down real streets. The post Simulation engine from MIT trains self-driving cars before they […]

Bob Balaram, the chief engineer of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, was recently featured on NASA’s Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast. The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which rode along with the Mars Perseverance Rover, will be the first aircraft to attempt controlled flight on another planet and is a marvel of engineering. Balaram described what it took […]

This automated COVID-19 testing system was developed in less than five months. | Credit: Wilder Systems A lack of testing has been one of the biggest challenges to combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Testing facilities often have a shortage of personnel to analyze samples and provide results. Throughout 2020, Americans were turned away from testing centers. […]

By placing a camera inside a robot, researchers can infer how the person is touching it and what the person’s intent is just by looking at the shadow images. | Credit: Cornell University Cornell University researchers created a low-cost method for soft robots to detect a range of physical interactions, from pats to punches to […]

Three ABB IRB 1200 industrial robots help GRIP6 manufacture belts and buckles. Two of the robots cut belt buckles, and the third is in final testing for an application finishing the ends of belt straps. | Credit: ABB BJ Minson didn’t like the imperfect fit and sloppy profile of the standard belts he could find […]

Scientists discover how to make materials that snap and reset themselves, only relying upon energy flow from their environment. This research could enable future military robots that are able to move off their own energy. | Credit: Yongjin Kim, UMass Amherst Army-funded researchers discovered how to make materials capable of self-propulsion, allowing materials to move […]

A new soft robotic gripper in action, developed by a team of UNSW Sydney researchers. | Credit: UNSW Sydney Nature has inspired engineers at UNSW Sydney to develop a soft fabric robotic gripper that behaves like an elephant’s trunk to grasp, pick up and release objects without breaking them. The researchers say the versatile technology […]

U.S. Army robots can detect physical changes in 3D and share the information in real-time. | Credit: U.S. Army Something is different, and you can’t quite put your finger on it. But your robot can. Even small changes in your surroundings could indicate danger. Imagine a robot could detect those changes, and a warning could […]