Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Using an electron beam, they are able to create a desired pattern on semiconductors — a technique not often used in the industry. Aligning patterns between processing steps makes the manufacturing process especially complex. They’re using an electron beam as a “pencil” to write the patterns exactly where they want them.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 21, 2023

Robotics insights Industrial robot market growth is expected to grow at a CAGR of 18% from 2019 to 2029 thanks to robotics being increasingly used in the automotive and electronics industry according to a report by Future Market Insights. This is driven by the digitalization of manufacturing processes.

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Control Engineering

MAY 30, 2023

Robotics insights Total robotics installations in manufacturing rose more than 10% in 2022 with the automotive industry being the main driver. Non-automotive industries were led by electrical/electronics, which posted almost 30% growth. Installations thus display the cyclical demand pattern well-known from this customer segment.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Power requirements for semiconductor manufacturing processes. Combining these power supplies with impedance matching networks enables manufacturers to maximize throughput while keeping process power as low as possible by responding nearly instantaneously to changes in the etch or deposition process steps as power is transferred to the plasma.

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Control Engineering

MAY 16, 2023

During Q1, non-automotive orders in consumer goods, semiconductor & electronics, plastics & rubber, life sciences/pharmaceutical/ biomedical, metals, and others purchased 3,519 robots, down 42% over Q1 2022. In addition to labor shortages, we’re seeing many U.S. In addition to labor shortages, we’re seeing many U.S.

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Control Engineering

JULY 11, 2023

An MEMS for automobile sensors are computer systems that govern and control the car’s complete mechanical, electronic, and electrical systems. Advanced MEMS sensors are integrated into automobiles by German automakers, manufacturers, and suppliers to improve safety, performance, and efficiency. during this period.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 4, 2022

provides laser cutting systems, automation, press brakes, shears, conveyor systems, powder metal systems, and additive manufacturing systems. CI), a machine tool manufacturer. Computer cases and other metal electronics enclosures . We’ve had various degrees of success integrating different manufacturers’ CAN drivers.”

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 11, 2023

While it may be too early to say we are living in a true “post-pandemic world,” most manufacturers have turned an important corner. It’s impossible to look at any aspect of manufacturing without addressing the elephant in the room: Pandemic-induced supply chain issues continue to impact almost every industry.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The sensors can measure a strain range up to three times higher than typical sensors, making them valuable for applications in soft robotics, wearable electronics, prosthetics, and biomedicine. Hollywood is a go-to source of inspiration for roboticists.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Jin-Hoon Kim, an MIT postdoc, is the lead author of the paper, which appears in Nature Electronics. Dagdeviren’s lab, the Conformable Decoders group, specializes in developing flexible, stretchable electronics that can be worn on the skin or incorporated into textiles to detect signals from the body. “In Mask fit quality.

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 6, 2022

China passed the United States in robot density for the first time as the nation is putting enhanced emphasis on robotics and automation to keep up with manufacturing demand. The number of operational industrial robots relative to the number of workers hit 322 units per 10,000 employees in the manufacturing industry. Robotics insights.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 31, 2023

The ongoing labor shortage, especially in manufacturing (down another 2000 jobs in July, according to the U.S. While many companies continue to automate, others just don’t have the capital to invest right now, despite their struggle to find workers willing to do many of the dull, dirty and dangerous jobs that remain unfilled.”

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 15, 2022

The details were published in Nature Electronics. By designing the synaptic transistor to operate with both synaptic behaviors simultaneously, fewer transistors are needed compared to conventional integrated electronics technology, which simplifies the system architecture and allows the device to conserve energy.”.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 11, 2023

Understanding the effect of PWM when controlling a brushless dc motor, January 26: Motion system designers can be challenged when selecting or developing electronics using pulse-width modulation (PWM) to drive brushless dc motors.

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Industries that stand to benefit the most include food and beverage, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, logistics and construction as companies are trying to fill labor shortages to keep operations running efficiently. – This originally appeared on Control Engineering Europe’s website.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Demand for SCARA robots has been affected by the weak semiconductor and consumer electronics sectors since 2021, but this negative impact has been offset by demand from the surging new energy industry, such as lithium-ion battery manufacturing and photovoltaics. respectively. from 2022 to 2027.

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Control Engineering

JULY 12, 2022

Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), the head of the Soft and Micro Robotics Laboratory in the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), and the senior author of the paper. The process adds just 2.5 percent more weight without impacting the flight performance of the robot.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Mike Hoffman, Codi Manufacturing engineering manager, noted that the design changes increased automation cost for the machine about 25%, however the resulting design increased throughput and accuracy, decreased design complexity, enabled easier switchover to different height cans with an anticipated decrease in machine maintenance.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 9, 2023

Learning Objectives As supply chains are disrupted, baby boomers age out and the need for general use products continues to grow, manufacturers are faced with producing more with less. Robust yet intuitive robot capability is effectively addressing these issues, boosting manufacturing output and product quality for optimal productivity gains.

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Control Engineering

JULY 26, 2023

Globally, the Americas is expected to suffer last from the impending market slowdown, with some of the largest industries for motion controls, such as semiconductors and electronics machinery, performing well due to the uplift from the CHIPS and Science Act.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 2, 2023

In the future, Yan hopes the biological data gathered by the device could be wirelessly transmitted to smartphone or similar electronics for future sharing with medical professionals. The work builds on the team’s existing proof of concept, as demonstrated by their previous work including a heart monitor currently under development.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 11, 2022

A false-color image from a scanning electron microscope shows hundreds of gold tetrahedrons — nanoparticles shaped like pyramids — that randomly form “chiral” structures as they self-assemble in a flat two-dimensional sheet. I just wanted to see that the particles were pure and uniform in size.

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Assured that Tour’s process worked as well on asphaltene as it did on various other feedstocks, including plastic , electronic waste , tires , coal fly ash and even car parts , the researchers set about making things with their graphene. That led us to think maybe we should try making graphene with flash Joule heating.”.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 30, 2023

Workforce development insights Manufacturers’ biggest challenge continues to be attracting and retaining a quality workforce and the demographics indicate this won’t be going away as workers get older. of manufacturing leaders in the U.S. million manufacturing jobs will remain unfilled in the U.S. alone by 2030.

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Control Engineering

JULY 30, 2022

Preston’s lab specializes in soft robotic systems that often use nontraditional materials, as opposed to hard plastics, metals and electronics. “We A gripper is used to lift a jumper and break a circuit on an electronic breadboard, turning off an LED. We even have some recent work on textiles and wearables. “At

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Control Engineering

JUNE 12, 2023

Manufacturing insights Future-proofing manufacturing uses digitization and digitalization and eventually digital transformation to help companies make better and more informed decisions. Leading manufacturers are making the digital transition with help from trusted partners. We started with just the line operator’s body.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 26, 2023

A sampling of exhibits covering automation, safety, logistics, robotics and other solutions that can be applied to motion control for manufacturing, warehousing, distribution centers and other applications. for asset-intensive industries the company serves, including manufacturing, chemicals, oil and gas, power, water and other areas.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Application industries include e-commerce, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and electronics among others. Richard (Rick) Ankney, global account manager, robots and discrete automation, Robotics Business Unit, ABB, explains advantages of ABB AI-enabled Robotic Item Picker.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 22, 2024

The Shenzhen, China-based company said its new robot offers maneuverability, a “map-and-go” feature, and flexible deployment to help manufacturers worldwide. The acceptance of robot deliveries in the industrial sector is higher due to the commonality of automated transportation and manufacturing processes.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 4, 2023

And with support from the Office of Naval Research, we are already using RoboMapper to advance our understanding of materials for both organic solar cells and printed electronics. “We’re open to working with industry partners to identify new materials for photovoltaics or other applications.

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Control Engineering

JULY 22, 2022

In science, disorder refers to imperfections or nearby charges that might scatter the otherwise straight path of an electron. 2D materials like graphene are particularly susceptible to nearby disorder because they are literally several atoms thick, at most.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 23, 2023

Ajey Jacob , Director of Advanced Electronics at ISI described the effect. “In Two jobs spread over two separate platforms In the rabbit-in-the-road scenario above, on the “frontend” is the vision sensing (where the car’s sensors capture the rabbit’s image) and on the “backend” is the vision processing (where the data is analyzed).

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Electronic motion control for motors is widely used with industrial machinery to perform rapid, accurate, and energy-efficient movements of parts and mechanisms. Later, more integrated versions of electronic motion control for motors, compatible with programmable logic controllers (PLCs), were introduced.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 13, 2023

Understanding the effect of PWM when controlling a brushless dc motor, January 26: Motion system designers can be challenged when selecting or developing electronics using pulse-width modulation (PWM) to drive brushless dc motors. Lack of skilled workers, materials and the economy are biggest threats to manufacturing.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 6, 2023

For this reason, the motor and drive are often specified and sold as a set from the same manufacturer. Robotics maintenance Industrial robots are used in manufacturing and material handling tasks, and their physical configuration depends on the function that is required. Figure 3: Integrated servo example.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 18, 2023

Usually, it will be provided by the manufacturer and may even have a troubleshooting guide. Troubleshooting is a systematic approach to problem solving that is used to find and correct issues with complex machines, electronics and software. Read the provided documentation Ideally, equipment will have documentation accompanying it.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

While earlier versions of assembler bots were connected by bundles of wires to their power source and control systems, “what emerged was the idea of structural electronics — of making voxels that transmit power and data as well as force.” “When we’re building these structures, you have to build in intelligence,” Gershenfeld said.

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