Driving Safety and Saving Lives: Humanetics Makes Good Use of PolyWorks

Humanetics is the world’s largest manufacturer of anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs), commonly known as crash test dummies.
Humanetics is the world’s largest manufacturer of anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs), commonly known as crash test dummies.
When manufacturing tolerances shrink to the micron, and part geometries become increasingly complex, the margin for measurement error disappears.
Ryan Walton (left) and Ryan Lewis orient a WiSPR unit for testing.
A team from MIT Lincoln Laboratory has built and demonstrated wide-band selective propagation radar (WiSPR), a system capable of seeing out various distances at millimeter-wave (mmWave or MMW) frequencies.
Imagine what life would be like without GPS, something you use all the time without thinking about where it came from.
Robert “Bob” Hettich has spent much of his career at the U.S.
Ensuring that automotive components meet the highest quality standards is critical to vehicle safety and performance.
Industrial hygiene equipment plays a critical role in ensuring workplace safety by monitoring airborne contaminants, noise levels, and other hazardous conditions.
Quality control workflows are only as effective as the machinery they rely on. Ensuring functionality requires understanding what to test and how to measure these factors.
Electric motor housing inspected by 42 uEye XC cameras.
In areas such as high-precision metalworking, accuracy is nonnegotiable. This includes the automotive industry and its suppliers, which are in crisis in Germany for several reasons.
A student at Hawthorne High School of Manufacturing & Engineering in Los Angeles 3D-scans a McLaren race car with the MetraSCAN BLACK+|Elite during the Historic Indy Car Challenge at the Long Beach Grand Prix.
Hawthorne High School of Manufacturing & Engineering in Los Angeles is not your typical high school program.
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