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So How Does An Engineer Choose Motors For A Robot Design?

On December 17, 2015 in All, Robotics by Rudy Ramos

Having worked on many different types of industrial robots—SCARA, cylindrical, Cartesian, Articulated—used in semiconductor manufacturing, I can attest to the importance of choosing the right robot motors and ensuring that their speed and torque are optimized. Otherwise, the overall efficiency and productivity of the robot will be compromised.

Tagged With: Industrial Robots, Motors

USB Type-C™ Explained

On November 17, 2015 in All, Connectors by Lynnette Reese

I was intrigued to hear that Benson Leung, a Google engineer working on the Chromebook Pixel, had gone on a one-man crusade to help early adopters of USB Type-C technology (used in the Pixel) to review Type-C cables online to weed out the ones that were not USB Type-C spec compliant. Turns out that this amazing connector that will de-clutter our lives by channeling up to 10 Gbps data and 100W power in one small cable has many not-quite-right cables flooding the market.

Tagged With: Brian Leung, Cypress Semiconductor, Google, USB, USB Type-C

Autonomous Vehicles are Rapidly Becoming a Reality

On November 13, 2015 in All by Mike Parks

Every major automobile manufacturer is working on them. The potential of autonomous vehicles is also attracting new participants, including Tesla Motors and Alphabet Inc., née Google. Interestingly, a mere eight days after Alan Mulally stepped down as the CEO of Ford Motor Company, he joined the board of Google. It’s even rumored that Apple is trying to find a suitable business partner for the same.

Tagged With: Autonomous Vehicles, Driverless, Google, Lyft, Tesla, Uber, Zipcar

Will Autonomous Vehicles Put Human Jobs in the Backseat?

On November 3, 2015 in All by SJ Barak

While some believe driverless vehicles will completely disrupt traditional commerce, turning things like truck drivers and the $220 billion auto insurance industry into relics, others believe autonomous vehicles are coming just in time to fill a pressing need.

Tagged With: Autonomous Vehicles, Driverless, Transport Management

Pumpkins, Open Sky and a Legend or Two, Thrown In

On October 29, 2015 in All by David Fambrough

I confess. I’m a channel flipper. Blame it on having an over abundance of channels at my fingertips, or a short attention span. The more strange and odd the program or episode, the more likely I’m to stop and watch. That’s just how my mind works. The other day I stumbled across such a program on the Science Channel – Punkin Chunkin. You had teams lined up on the edge of an open field with their modern day catapults armed with pumpkins.

Tagged With: Catapult, Grant Imahara, Pumpkins, Punkin Chunkin

Smart Cars Will Increase the Life Expectancy of Texters

On October 22, 2015 in All by Arden Henderson

So, no doubt you've heard of the oncoming wave of self-driving driverless smart cars. Major manufacturers are already incorporating self-driving features into regular cars while others are starting off with automobiles designed up from the ground to be driverless.

Tagged With: Smart Cars

The Assimilation of Self-driving Cars, One Feature at a Time

On October 20, 2015 in All by Lynnette Reese

How many Tesla owners were on highways the next day, trying out their new Auto Lane Change feature? Flick the turn signal and the car will change lanes autonomously. The lane change feature takes advantage of the fact that lanes have line markings. Cameras are used to track the lines, and if the lines are missing or faint, it can confuse any good self-driving car, so you can count on highway lines to be as important as potholes in the future. The model S and X can now parallel park, too.

Tagged With: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicle, Self-Driving Car, Tesla

STEM Scouts: Boy Scouts of America’s New STEM Initiative (That’s for Girls Too!)

On October 16, 2015 in All, STEAM by Mike Parks

Science. Technology. Engineering. Mathematics. The STEM Movement, along with the Maker Movement, have been transformative forces in our modern society. Both have rekindled a spirit of “can do” optimism and excitement for exploring the unknown that has lain dormant for many of us. The Maker Movement has retaught us that getting your hands dirty and having a do-it-yourself mentality is not just pragmatic or thrifty, it is also just plain fun.

Tagged With: boy scouts, girl, initiative, scouts, STEAM, STEM, technology

Bikeshedding: The Ethics behind the Driverless Car

On October 12, 2015 in All, Robotics, Sensors, Wireless by Rudy Ramos

How would you feel about driving down the highway at 65mph when suddenly you realize that the car that just passed you did not have a driver! No driver, only passengers – a group of seniors running late to their next Bingo game! How accepting would you be to the idea of sharing the highways with throngs of “driverless” cars? And what would be some of the “what ifs” or “ethical issues” you would have with this scenario?

Tagged With: Driverless Cars, Ethics, Google

Worried About Artificial Intelligence? You Should Be- But Not The Way You Probably Think

On October 6, 2015 in All by Warren Miller

How many times have you seen on the big screen the threat that artificial intelligence (AI) will wipe out or enslave humankind? It’s a lot, right? Should we really be worried about this with so many other disaster scenarios greeting us every day in the news- climate change, earthquakes, tsunamis, plagues, zombies and sharknadoes? Ok, maybe zombies and sharknadoes shouldn’t be included in a list of newsworthy worries, but maybe they do belong on a list that includes AI.

Tagged With: AAI, AI

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