(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- NewTek GAR series spring-loaded gage heads are used in automated dimensional gaging applications as part of inline inspection processes where the sensor probe must move out of the way between readings.

The difference between common (or random) cause and special (or assignable) cause variation is the foundation of statistical process control (SPC).

Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves.

Adding legs to robots that have minimal awareness of the environment around them can help them operate more effectively in difficult terrain, my colleagues and I found.

(Aras: Andover, MA) -- Aras, which provides a powerful low-code application platform to design, build, and operate complex products, announced that Kyocera Unimerco is using Aras Innovator to manage data, information, and business processes for product life cycle management (PLM).

(AIMS: Dayton, OH) -- AIMS Metrology has announced its partnership with OGP, a division of QVI. The 5-axis coordinate measuring machine OEM is a single-source provider that builds and assembles its machines in the U.S.

(CloudNC: London) -- CAM Assist, from CloudNC, automatically generates professional machining strategies in seconds at the click of a button, accelerating CAM programming time by up to 80% and saving hundreds of production hours.

Meetings give me a rash. A really bad one. One that not even calamine lotion can soothe. The only things worse than meetings are reports. Standard daily reports, weekly reports, hourly reports. Reports on the status of reports.

You often hear about self-driving cars and their levels of autonomy. When can drivers completely remove their hands from the steering wheel? This also applies to robots. How can robots become fully autonomous?

(Exergyn: Dublin) -- With global surface temperatures soaring past highs not seen for millennia, the need for climate-friendly cooling has never been greater.