Working and Growing With Collaborative Robots
Robots have been a part of industry longer than you might think. The patent for the first industrial robot, Unimate, was granted in 1961.
Robots Track Moving Objects With Unprecedented Precision
A novel system developed at MIT uses RFID tags to help robots home in on moving objects with unprecedented speed and accuracy.
NIST: Blockchain Provides Security, Traceability for Smart Manufacturing
Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) needed a way to secure smart manufacturing systems using the
Using Artificial Intelligence to Engineer Materials’ Properties
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Introducing a small amount of strain into crystalline materials, such as diamond or silicon, can produce significant changes in their properties, researchers have found. The mechanical strain is represented here as a deformation in the diamond's shape. Image: Chelsea Turner, MIT
Applying just a bit of strain to a piece of semiconductor or other crystalline material can deform the orderly arrangement of atoms in its structure enough to cause dramatic changes in its properties, such as the way it conducts electricity, transmits light, or condu
Inspecting Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes Without Damaging Them
Electrodes are essential components of modern lithium-ion batteries, which are used to power mobile electronic devices, electric vehicles, and many other products.
Creating a World Standard in Tube-Fabrication Solutions
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In the manufacturing universe, metal tube fabrication is a world of its own. That being said, the requirements for developing a new world-standard solution for tube bending are common to all manufacturing—be faster, more accurate, and more economical.
Working Smarter With Advanced Metrology
Industry 4.0 has catapulted industrial production processes into new realms of advanced manufacturing, in some cases leaving quality control scrambling to catch up.
Improving Quality and Production Rates With a Laser Tracker
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Machine-tool manufacturer Cincinnati Inc. has a heritage of building quality products and surviving great challenges.
NIST Antenna Evaluation Method Could Boost 5G Network Capacity, Cut Costs
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method for evaluating and selecting optimal antenna designs for future fifth-generation (5G) cellphones, other wireless devices and base stations.
Inside Quality Digest Live for December 14, 2018
An industry, and even more so any individual company, is only as strong as its pipeline of incoming talent. This week on QDL we looked at this topic from a few different angles. Here’s what we covered at greater length: