MIT’s megawatt motor could help to electrify aviation
13 June 2023 A team of engineers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in the US are working on a 1MW motor that, they believe, could be a… Read More
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Fairbanks Morse buys motor control pioneer Ward Leonard
6 January 2021 The US engine-maker Fairbanks Morse has acquired one of the oldest names in the electric motor industry, Ward Leonard, for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition… Read More
US researchers find that every robot replaces 3.3 jobs
15 May 2020 American researchers have calculated that every new industrial robot installed in the US between 1993 and 2007 replaced 3.3 jobs. But in a separate analysis… Read More
‘Sensorised’ skin helps soft robots to tell where they are
5 March 2020 Researchers at MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in the US have built a soft robotic arm that understands where it is in 3D space… Read More
Soft robotic gripper can lift items 100 times its weight
15 March 2019 Researchers in the US have developed a robotic gripper that’s soft and strong. The cone-shaped structure, called Magic Ball, collapses in on objects and can… Read More
RFID helps robots to track objects and could replace vision
27 February 2019 Researchers at MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in the US have developed a system that uses RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags to help robots home… Read More
IoT platform allows manufacturers to create their own apps
30 May 2017 A US company has developed an IoT-enabled software platform that allows engineers to create shop-floor apps that connect workers, machines and IT systems. Massachusetts-based… Read More
‘Third era’ for drives could cut motor energy use by 40%
12 March 2013 An American technology firm claims to have developed software that can be added to almost any AC drive to cut the energy consumed by the… Read More
