What does a simple cascaded conveyor system look like? How to integrate a conveyor system using only the digital capabilities of modern variable frequency drives (VFDs). Simplifying the automation ...

Lighting accounts for an average of 35% of the total energy in a building and upgrading to LEDs can provide more than 50% in energy savings. If you add a control system, this can provide an additional ...

Manufacturers are up against a variety of challenges in today’s evolving world. Keeping safety top of mind and creating processes to integrate safety into their operations is of utmost importance. In ...

A robotic arm capable of mimicking hand gestures through data analysis of the mechanical activity of the muscles, using wearable piezoelectric sensors was developed. Piezoelectric discs were placed in ...

Standard industrial sensors detect specific physical properties like temperature, pressure, and presence/absence. They also respond to changes in such properties. As such, one may think the only ...

I like to think of engineers as doctors of the electronics world. Let me explain: Think about the last time an optometrist examined your “human sensors.” Did they prescribe glasses to compensate for ...

Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems use sensors to regulate the operation of electromechanical equipment. Running this equipment usually consumes energy at a rate that represents ...

Emerging electromechanical actuation technologies for flight control systems will support more electric architecture. Credit: Collins Aerospace With a new age of electrically driven advanced air ...

The Army successfully completed an intercept test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., using the IBCS. (Northrop Grumman) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army originally intended for the Integrated Battle ...