Variable-pitch drives are the simplest of all mechanical adjustable-speed mechanisms. Most of these drives use rubber belts. However, chain types are unmatched in regard to its particular strong ...

With processors under pressure to reduce cycle times, automation must be quicker and more efficient than ever before. To meet customers’ demands, high-speed robots are becoming a common sight on the ...

In an industry evolving alongside consumer concerns over rising energy costs, impact on the environment, and, of course, stricter regulations handed down by the government, new technologies are ...

Remember that high speed robot from last year, that could beat humans at rock, paper, scissors? Since then, researchers at the University of Tokyo's Ishikawa Oku Lab have continued to work on it. The ...

WORCESTER, Mass. — The robotics team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has three weeks before the finals of the DARPA Robotics Challenge to make their robot twice as fast as it is today. “We need two ...

Epson Robots explains why it manufactures quartz for its GyroPlus technology to create high-precision, high-speed robots. The precision that quartz—a mineral made of silicon and oxygen—brings to ...