Tag: passive
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Ways Automation Changed the Way People Invest
There are two ways to make money. You can exchange your time and expertise for a salary. Alternatively, you can buy an asset or create a system that will make you money even while you’re away. Having a job that pays you a fixed salary is great. But creating passive income is where you want…
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Washington university develops 3D-printed robotic gripper that can pick up anything, no matter what its geometry
At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, car manufacturing companies such as Ford quickly shifted their production focus from automobiles to masks and ventilators. To make this switch possible, these companies relied on people working on an assembly line. It would have been too challenging for a robot to make this transition because robots are…
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ATI partners with 3M to present webinar about material removal tools
ATI Industrial Automation and 3M will co-present a free webinar, Three Pillars of Successful Material Removal, on Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 12pm ET. The event, hosted by the Robotics Industries Association, will identify key concepts for successful robotic material removal. The presentations by Dan Merritt, ATI’s material removal product manager, and Sarah Mullins, 3M…
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A Short History of Night Vision Devices
Night vision devices (often called night scoped by the general public) are used to intensify our sight when the lighting conditions are very poor. You can choose from many types of such devices. You’ll find a complete review on many sites that can help you find out more about the present-day technology. An infrared imaging…
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Exoskeleton market projected to grow to $6 billion
The current robotics limelight tends to focus on the ability of new innovations to automate tasks, but a less publicized development is taking place whereby passive exoskeletons have been slowly deployed and adopted to help augment the capability of human workers. Exoskeleton popularization through passive suits will provide a base for increased resources for powered…
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Don’t let harmonics get you down: Top tips for choosing the right harmonic filter
John Mitchell, global business development manager of supply, repair and field service specialist, CP Automation, shares his top tips for companies that want to commission or replace harmonic filters In 1976, it was discovered that the bacteria causing Legionnaires disease, an atypical strain of pneumonia, had always been present in water, but it was…