AIMS Metrology Demonstrates Multisensor Measurement Technology at IMTS 2024
(AIMS Metrology: Dayton, OH) -- Automation, advanced data analytics, growing demand for in-process measuring, and increasing focus on precision manufacturing are reshaping metrology’s role in manufacturing.
IDS uEye XS Available in Starter Set
(IDS: Stoneham, MA) -- The uEye XS from IDS Imaging Development Systems weighs just 12 grams, and with its size of just 26.4 x 23 x 21.7 mm, fits into almost any application.
Researchers Leverage Shadows to Model 3D Scenes
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- Imagine driving through a tunnel in an autonomous vehicle but, unbeknownst to you, a crash has stopped traffic up ahead.
Third-Generation Capability Confusion
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The four common capability and performance indexes collectively contain all of the summary information about process predictability, process conformity, and process aim that can be expressed numerically.
Researchers Use Large Language Models to Help Robots Navigate
A new navigation method uses language-based inputs to direct a robot through a multistep navigation task—such as doing laundry. Credit: iStock
Someday, you may want your home robot to carry a load of dirty clothes downstairs and deposit them in the washing machine in the far-left corner of the basement.
Embrace the Cactus
‘I don’t like confrontation, but I’m tired of his abuse. He signed me up for another committee without asking.”
NIST Launches Collaborative Research Effort on Digital Identity
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The U.S.
Autonomy in a Social Setting
I have always been interested in the idea of autonomy in a social setting. In this article, I’m looking at autonomy in a social setting—such as an organization—from a cybernetics viewpoint. I’ll lean on the ideas of Heinz von Foerster and Stafford Beer.
Leaders Who Empower: Why Kenny Wins Every Time
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Are you giving your lowest-level employees the power to make crucial customer-relations decisions without supervision? If not, you’re making a huge mistake.