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iBase-t Achieves Record Revenue in Fiscal 2023

iBASEt

iBase-t continues to step up investments in its flagship Solumina iSeries, the industry’s first microservices-based, cloud-native manufacturing platform as a core driver of growth, while also striking a host of new strategic partnerships. iBase-t also expanded partnership with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC).

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Method developed to make semiconductors smart, compact

Control Engineering

“It’s not practical yet, but we want to take the underlying mechanism and make it scalable and something attractive to the semiconductor industry,” said Maschmann, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. Aligning patterns between processing steps makes the manufacturing process especially complex.

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Improving usability is growing trend in industrial robotics

Control Engineering

This emphasis is due to a greater need for robots in industrial manufacturing and automation. Rob Ravensbergen, marketing director at Omnirobotic , said making the robots easy to use is enabling for integrators, manufacturing engineers and other people involved in manufacturing. Robots are on the front line in many industries.

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Stretchable soft robotics use strain sensors

Control Engineering

That’s why Hangbo Zhao , who holds dual appointments as assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and the Alfred E. There’s also high demand for developing implantable sensors that can continuously monitor the functional status of internal organs that undergo cyclic expansion and contraction.

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FABTECH 2023 – 3D/Additive Manufacturing, Forming & Fabricating

Fabricating & Metal Work

3D/Additive Manufacturing, Forming & Fabricating Fabricating & Metalworking is proud to present the FABTECH 2023 Product Showcase, which is an invaluable guide to navigating the trade show floor at McCormick Place in Chicago this September. An estimated 45,000 people will attend FABTECH 2023. The company will be in Booth B36071.

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Robotic grippers developed to pick up delicate, heavy objects

Control Engineering

Robotic grippers tend to be designed for delicacy or weight and this can give them added utility in manufacturing and other situations where the situation is constantly changing. The new gripper can’t replace all of the functions of existing prosthetic hands, but it could be used to supplement those other functions,” Huang said.

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Robots deployed to improve on-the-job safety for retail workers

Control Engineering

Yu Gu and Jason Gross, associate professors in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering , have received $367,000 from the National Science Foundation to study ways of reducing falling risk in retail environments. Data will generate real-time indoor space walkability maps informing pedestrians of potential risks.