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The Coming Microbot Revolution

No, it’s not as far-fetched (or as far off) as you may think.Technologies that aren’t here yet, but we can see coming—like nuclear fusion, room-temperature superconductivity, and artificial...

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6 Superhero Technologies Made Real

What does it take to bring our favorite gadgets and gizmos over from the realm of fiction? Some unreal fans, that’s what.Life imitates art far more than art imitates life. Oscar Wilde said that way...

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Inside Sony's Search for the Next Walkman

Innovating ain't easy, but Sony is doing its best to help the process along, allowing 1,600 employees to halt their usual duties to make the next hit product.Authors: Yuji Nakamura and Yuki...

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Team MegaBots: Parker Hannifin

How the motion control leader's electrohydraulic valves animated a giant robot, and could breathe new life into manufacturing.Usually, when Cody Yarletts, Parker Hannifin's West Coast hydraulic...

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Team MegaBots: Logic Supply

Logic Supply's Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em CPU was designed to perform in the toughest environments, which in this case is a giant robot boxing match.If you're old enough to recall a time before MP3's, you may...

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Team MegaBots: Markforged

With the fight deadline looming, MegaBots turned to high strength 3D printing to speed up the prototyping process.If you were to build a giant badass robot to pilot and needed a reason to fight worthy...

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Team MegaBots: HRI

Sometimes in a fight, you have to throw in the towel. With giant fighting robots, you just have to push a button.Humanistic Robotics, Inc. specializes in wireless machine communications, and its...

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Team MegaBots: Lincoln Electric

Lincoln Electric's equipment has appeared in several sci-fi movie workshops. Now it's appearing in a workshop that is making science fiction real.If you've seen welding equipment in a recent movie or...

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Team MegaBots: Autodesk

Any great engineering idea has to go through CAD to become real, and MegaBots' MK3 robot is no different. But how they did it could be DIY manufacturing's disruption moment.[This is an excerpt from our...

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Team MegaBots: IHMC

The research institute that programmed Atlas, the robot that finished second in the DARPA Robotics Challenge, has brought its know how to controlling Eagle Prime.For the 2015 DARPA robotics...

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A New Warehouse Robot Arrives to Speed Up Picking

A new warehouse robot known as Chuck has been developed to speed up split case picking operations.With the unlikely name of Chuck, yet another robot, this one developed by 6 River Systems, has been...

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Are Nano-Metals Dead on Arrival?

In terms of strength and hardness, as well as ROI, nano-metals could revolutionize industries from automotive to infrastructure. So what’s the holdup?Download this article in PDF format.Thousands of...

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Is 42Q Really the Answer to Everything?

A big question surrounding Manufacturing Execution Systems is if they are worth the investment. For global electronics maker Sanmina, its internally developed subscription-based solution proves that...

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LiFi Ready for its Moment in the Spotlight

Mainstream adoption of LiFi wireless optical data transmission is now possible with LED light bars that replace the most widely utilized light source in the word – fluorescent tubesThe promise of LiFi...

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For Ultimate Battery Storage, Just Add H2

Hydrogen is able to hold a charge much better than Lithium Ion, allowing it to collect a surplus of of solar energy in the summer which can be used when winter is coming.The secret to switching the...

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China Startup Races Tesla With Driverless Trucks in Arizona

Self-driving trucks have the potential to slash logistics cost by 40% in the U.S, and a Chinese startup is angling to beat Tesla and Alphabet to market and highway supremacy.A Chinese startup with...

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FIRST World Problems: Robotics Competition Grooms Brilliant Minds

Segway inventor and serial entrepreneur Dean Kamen aims to prove — again — that the sports and entertainment model of competition and role models can attract eyes and prepare the next generation of...

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Quickie Commute Coming Near You? 10 Potential Hyperloop Routes

The Hyperloop One Global Challenge is down to the final 10 potential routes. Will the supersonic people and cargo transport disrupt your commute and/or supply chain?Having a hyperloop in your town...

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Team MegaBots: Helac

Eagle Prime sure packs a punch, and the reason is Load-Bearing Hydraulic rotary actuators.In preparation for MegaBots' Eagle Prime squaring off with Suidobashi Heavy Industries' Kuratas, we caught up...

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How WWI Saved Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

By tracking and studying eclipses, a 15-year journey of failure just wouldn’t die until the truth had the last say. The eclipse this year reminded me of a couple famous eclipses around 100 years ago...

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