Acoustic detection and ranging (ADAR) is a new type of ultrasound imaging developed for use on autonomous mobile robots to reduce sensing costs and improve on LiDAR (light detection and ranging) sensor limitations.
Optical or magnetic sensor technologies tend to have difficulties combining high accuracy and contamination resistance. However, inductive sensing technology can provide reliable...
The ability of two-in-one encoders to provide motor feedback and position measurement in one device are critical to the space and safety needs of collaborative robots.
Automating your quality control efforts using vision-based inspection systems, especially in heavily regulated industries, can dramatically improve your operations and reduce ...
Medical grade adhesives can develop wrinkles during production, causing them to be scrapped. Vision Optronix developed a customized vision system using Teledyne Dalsa line-scan...
Intelligent instruments, along with digital networking technology optimized for typical machine applications, are bringing front-line features to discrete manufacturing applications...
While OEMs can use several single-axis encoders to measure different directions, doing so is more complex than using pre-integrated and tested multiple degrees of freedom encoders...
Mencom’s new magnetic sensors are available in reed and GMR types and are designed for easy installation using either a clamp or screw system. They operate within a voltage...
EGE-Elektronik has revised its intrinsically safe optical level sensors for liquids with ATEX/IECEx approval for use in Zone 0 and is launching the new, improved UF2 series. Featuring...
AutomationDirect has added ProSense FSC series mechatronic digital flow sensors that monitor liquid media and provide flow sensing up to 50gpm and temperature measurement up to...
The P.Touch series of pressure sensors feature stainless steel housing and geometrically protected glass. The absence of mechanical operating elements ensures freedom from wear...
Perry Hudson, packaging market manager at Pepperl+Fuchs, explains how the VOS and SmartRunner vision sensors can be used for positioning, barcode reading, quality control and ...
At Pack Expo 2023, Kevin Welsch with Sick Inc. showed off the company’s newest vision sensor system, which comes with everything need in one box. The Lector One Box for barcode...
Expanding on its TwinCAT Vision software capabilities, Beckhoff Automation has added industrial cameras, lenses and lighting to bring image processing directly into the machine...
In this excerpt from the "Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered" podcast interview with Kevin McCabe of IDS, we look at the benefits artificial intelligence brings to ...
