At CES today, NXP introduced its new i.MX 95 family. These application processors up the game for the 9 series in terms of 3D graphics, NPU functionality, and more.
At CES today, NXP introduced its new i.MX 95 family. These application processors up the game for the 9 series in terms of 3D graphics, NPU functionality, and more.
How do you begin by building world-record robots and end up trying to revolutionize the electronics industry? Dr. Duncan…
How do you begin by building world-record robots and end up trying to revolutionize the electronics industry? Dr. Duncan Haldane, co-founder and CEO of JITX, retraces his fascinating career path and describes their vision for a better circuit design process.
Pushing an alternative to edge-based radar processing, Ambarella is rolling out a centralized processed solution for 4D…
Pushing an alternative to edge-based radar processing, Ambarella is rolling out a centralized processed solution for 4D automotive imaging radar.
Setting out to overcome the drawbacks of today’s LiDAR mirror alternatives, Omnitron Sensors has crafted a 3D MEMS…
Setting out to overcome the drawbacks of today’s LiDAR mirror alternatives, Omnitron Sensors has crafted a 3D MEMS technology fit for low-cost, high-volume markets.
BeBop Sensors has released a new reference design dubbed “RoboSkin” to provide a highly sensitive sense of touch to…
BeBop Sensors has released a new reference design dubbed “RoboSkin” to provide a highly sensitive sense of touch to the next generation of advanced robots.
We’ll be walking you through creating a robotic subsystem with a voice-activated motor leveraging machine learning (ML)…
We’ll be walking you through creating a robotic subsystem with a voice-activated motor leveraging machine learning (ML) and an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense.
Highlighting recent robotics research, MIT's robot "mini cheetah" combines the best of electronics and machine learning…
Highlighting recent robotics research, MIT's robot "mini cheetah" combines the best of electronics and machine learning to zoom towards the future.
Different types of robots require different types of charging. Wibotic can keep options flexible by providing…
Different types of robots require different types of charging. Wibotic can keep options flexible by providing programmable onboard chargers.
What does it mean to design robotics with humans in mind? This week, Dave talks with Dr. Aaron Edsinger, roboticist and…
What does it mean to design robotics with humans in mind? This week, Dave talks with Dr. Aaron Edsinger, roboticist and CEO/Co-founder of Hello Robot.
Using semiconductor materials, a joint research team claims to have successfully imitated the functioning of…
Using semiconductor materials, a joint research team claims to have successfully imitated the functioning of neurons—combining data storage and processing on a single component.
Autonomous drones and robots utilize small motors. These fast-spinning mini motors require miniature encoders and IC…
Autonomous drones and robots utilize small motors. These fast-spinning mini motors require miniature encoders and IC package sizes. This article shows how an optical sinusoidal encoder provides a higher resolution and increased speeds with a 2x3 mm dual simultaneous-sampling SAR-ADC.
Electrical engineers are increasingly tasked with firmware and even software design—and it turns out it may be with…
Electrical engineers are increasingly tasked with firmware and even software design—and it turns out it may be with pretty good reason. Are EEs ready?
What are the origins of visual SLAM? and what are some other applications for this technology beyond floor cleaning?
What are the origins of visual SLAM? and what are some other applications for this technology beyond floor cleaning?
This episode of Tech Specs is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of…
This episode of Tech Specs is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.
From the typical pick-and-place down to the high-precision cobots, industrial robotics are changing rapidly.
From the typical pick-and-place down to the high-precision cobots, industrial robotics are changing rapidly.
We’ll use real collision data to refine the detection algorithm, and even better, we’ll confirm that the system…
We’ll use real collision data to refine the detection algorithm, and even better, we’ll confirm that the system actually works.
In this article, we’ll discuss the hardware design for a robotics PCB, and we’ll write firmware for controlling two DC motors.
In this article, we’ll discuss the hardware design for a robotics PCB, and we’ll write firmware for controlling two DC motors.
In this teardown, we're going to take a look a sumo jumping robot!
In this teardown, we're going to take a look a sumo jumping robot!
When Dartmouth engineers designed their popular RC tackling dummy, "iterative prototyping" was the name of the game just…
When Dartmouth engineers designed their popular RC tackling dummy, "iterative prototyping" was the name of the game just as much as "football" was.
Audi has announced that a collaborative robot is working the floor in its industrial factory.
Audi has announced that a collaborative robot is working the floor in its industrial factory.