When you configure machinery in a factory or other production facility, you certainly have to consider efficiency. You’ll check those BEM drawings for cabinet doors that open into the path of another machine or into a major traffic pattern for human workers. You’ll also think about safety. It’s easy to recognize industrial machines as being… Read more »
There’s this mindset that bigger must mean better. Bigger portions, bigger cars, bigger screens; whatever it is, it can be improved by getting bigger, right? While it often seems this way, bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better. Firstly, it’s important to realize that “better” is a subjective term. In what way is bigger better than something… Read more »
People are finally starting to recognize the importance of servo motors. Well, maybe not servos specifically. STEM – or Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education – is being promoted by an increasing number of people who recognize that education in these areas is necessary for thriving in the future. This includes things such as robotics… Read more »
The Internet of Things (IoT) is still incredibly young. Everything that we find amazing about current IoT devices and technology will be hardly worth mentioning once the Internet of Things has reached its full potential. It’s estimated that IoT connected devices will outnumber people 7 to 1 within the next 5 years. However since the… Read more »
“The Made in America movement is happening, and the Chinese economy is suffering”. “China’s manufacturing sector is alive and well”. “Reshoring is a hoax, and U.S. industry is struggling”. If you keep up with manufacturing news, you’ve probably seen different variations of these statements popping up in headlines in your news feed over the past… Read more »
We work with robots, although that statement might need a little clarification. The robots that we work with don’t always make big headlines in the news, and they’re not the walking, talking robots that you see on movie screens, but they’re robots nonetheless. We work with servos used in motion control systems, and that means… Read more »
The way that robots learn is much different from the way that humans learn. People are able to learn by observation. You can teach a human how to do something simply by showing them. If you want to teach someone how to make a salad, you show them how. They will learn how to slice… Read more »
It’s hard not to have an impact on the environment. Really, there’s no way that you can exist without affecting the environment in some way. If you drive to the grocery store to buy some burger patties, there’s the environmental cost of the fuel you burned on your way to the store, as well as… Read more »
It’s predicted that there will be 30 billion connected devices in the next 5 years, including 1 in 5 cars on the road. The Internet of Things certainly offers convenience and amazing potential, but is it possible that an extensive network of connected devices could create some security risks? Yes. Or, maybe no. It’s possible?… Read more »
A gyroscope is no substitute for an equilibrium. While some of the more sophisticated robots have been designed to maintain their balance, even when kicked, pushed, or shoved, many robots aren’t very stable. If you’ve ever seen a robot lose its balance, you know that they fall like a ton of bricks. What else would… Read more »
