Readers with long memories will remember the days when mice and other similar pointing devices relied upon a hard rubber ball in contact with your desk or other surface, that transmitted any motion to ...

Fig. 1 Overview of the OFN sensor. (A) Schematic diagram of the OFN sensing system; (B) Photographs of the output light when the sensor was untouched, (C) subjected to normal force, and (D) subjected ...

When building robots, or indeed other complex mechanical systems, it’s often the case that more and more limit switches, light gates and sensors are amassed as the project evolves. Each addition ...

Researchers are making key advances with a new type of optical sensor that more closely mimics the human eye's ability to perceive changes in its visual field. Researchers at Oregon State University ...

The recent development in the utilization of flexible optical fiber sensors and the prospective application scenarios were then summarized, which encompass human activity monitoring and healthcare, ...

At SPS 2025, Rosenberger will showcase a broad portfolio of connectors and system solutions for data and power transmission ...

Waste Robotics continues to focus on a sensor-based approach that prioritizes material identification over high volume ...

Quality is king when it comes to the output material recovery facilities (MRFs) are being called on to generate these days. Faced with shrinking global end markets, MRF operators are using advanced ...