Addressing a fundamental challenge in robotics, Associate Professor Yoshihiro Nakata of The University of Electro-Communications, Japan, and Senior Researcher Tomoyuki Noda from the Brain Information ...

FERNDALE, Wash., March 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Firgelli Automations is once again taking aim at the linear motion industry with its new Bullet Series of linear actuators. The Bullet Series is named ...

Surrey, Canada — The L series of micro linear actuators from Firgelli Technologies are said to combine the best features of the company's micro actuator families into a highly configurable and compact ...

Thomson Industries , a manufacturer of linear motion control solutions, has introduced an“enhanced synchronisation” option for its Electrak HD smart electric linear actuator. The new iteration of this ...

There are 7.4 million visually impaired people in the European Union. High unemployment amongst the visually impaired is a serious social and economic problem for the EU. There is a need for effective ...

Engineers have developed a way to build soft robots that are compact, portable and multifunctional. The advance was made possible by creating soft, tubular actuators whose movements are electrically ...

Traditional robots can have difficulty grasping and manipulating soft objects if their manipulators are not flexible in the way elephant trunks, octopus tentacles, or human fingers can be.