Sorting out pills is a mildly tedious task, and one that’s ripe for a bit of automation. It’s a task that [Mellow] has taken on enthusiastically, with the result of an extremely well-designed ...

There are countless smart home devices, varied in gadgetry and practicality, that you can place piecemeal throughout your home and configure any way you want. From voice assistants to smart locks, ...

Industry 4.0, also known as the fourth industrial revolution, is a term used to describe the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies, including the Internet of ...

Vibration sensors can aid in stability and navigation, particularly for field robots in varied terrain, writes a columnist.

Densely packed arrays of electrical components called capacitors can form a high-fidelity vibration sensor that can be worn on the skin. Seungjae Lee is in the School of Energy and Chemical ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the cool things about modern technological development is that new devices give us greater control and connectivity than we previously ...

Robotic collision sensors are crash protection devices that detect a crash before or during a collision. A collision sensor sends a signal back to the robot’s brain (robot controller) in such ...

The challenges of devising highly sensitive sensors despite ambient noise. How the spiderweb was used as inspiration for a vibration sensor. Why and how machine learning was used to optimize the ...

The ability to measure, monitor, and analyze vibration is essential to many industries and areas of research & development. Unfortunately, the proper methods for creating an accurate and repeatable ...