Sensors Features

Graphene diagnostics – accurate, rapid point-of-care tests set to transform healthcare

A simple test capable of providing highly accurate diagnostic information on the spot within minutes would transform healthcare provision for both patients and professionals alike.

Contrinex’s photoelectric sensors ‘get a grip’ of shipping containers

At busy container seaports, Contrinex's C23PA photoelectric sensors help ‘get a grip’ of shipping containers on straddle-carriers, the purpose-designed container-handling vehicles which operate around the clock, loading, unloading and stacking containers.

Robotics and Vision: Liberated and demystified

Robotics and Vision – as the song goes, you can’t have one without the other. Advances in both technologies have surged to make many new processes ripe for automation. Yet, even the more experienced engineers sometimes can still be nervous about the prospect of integrating a robot vision system.

Hydrogen car drives for efficiency world record

By using a British torque sensor, a team of Dutch engineers competing to develop the world's most efficient hydrogen-fuelled car has determined that their next vehicle needs a custom designed and built hub motor.

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How autonomous machine vision can help ward off the looming recession(30/09/2020)

The Great Depression that hit the US in the 1930s was probably the worst economic recession ever registered. To guide the country out of it, President Roosevelt launched a series of programmes, public work projects and financial reforms known as the New Deal.
Smart sensors in the food industry(30/09/2020)

The food industry often presents challenging environments for components and, in particular, for the sensors used in process control applications.
Choosing angle sensors for power steering, motors and robotics(01/09/2020)

As factories and vehicles become more automated, accurate and low-latency sensing of motor shaft speed and position is critical for process control, system reliability, and safety. To address these needs, designers require angular rotation sensors that are fast and precise, with the flexibility to address magnetic field variations and axial misalignment.
Joining the dots with sensor integration devices(30/06/2020)

There was a time when sensors were simple switches, and their manufacturers just hardware suppliers. All that has changed. Sensors are the ‘eyes and ears’ that collect data on the front line of production and logistics operations. Equipped with ever-smaller microprocessors, they have become intelligent.
Laser triangulation sensors measure lateral position of rail bogie wheels(30/06/2020)

Laser triangulation sensors from Micro-Epsilon are being used to measure the lateral position of rail bogie wheels relative to the railhead in a rail traction technology project by SET Limited.