Just because a mystery is 4500 years old doesn’t mean it can’t be solved...” This could be the motto of the exceptional scientific mission launched October 25, 2015, under the authority of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, initiated, designed and coordinated by the Faculty of Engineering of Cairo and [...]
As the demand for more automation increases, we are seeing it played out in more industries on a global scale. Precision dairy farming, which includes the use of automated milking and computerized systems to milk or feed dairy cattle, has been increasing steadily in the dairy industry in recent [...]
Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have demonstrated for the first time that they can discover cracks in the ship’s structure by detecting acoustic emission from cracks in riveted lap joints. Optical Sciences Division, in collaboration with the laboratory’s Material Science Division, used a distributed feedback fiber laser-acoustic emission sensor [...]
For some, mowing the lawn is a meditative, almost spiritual experience. It’s a chance to tune out while getting a little exercise walking behind a lawnmower, while inhaling the scent of freshly cut grass. Some, on the other hand, absolutely hate the thought. It’s a numbingly repetitive, sweaty, noisy, [...]
The field of robot vision guidance is developing rapidly. The benefits of sophisticated vision technology include savings, improved quality, reliability, safety and productivity. Robot vision is used for part identification and navigation. Vision applications generally deal with finding a part and orienting it for robotic handling or inspection before [...]
Who remembers Lost in Space and laughing at the robot? Many children watching that show, and others like it, dreamed of growing up and becoming Astronauts. For some, those dreams became reality, as the Space Program became a reality with the first landing on the moon in 1969. Fifty [...]
CHemCam - identifying and targeting rocks - laser technology/laser lenses On August 5th, 2016, NASA’s newest rover arrived on Mars carrying a host of state-of-the-art instruments, including the head-mounted, rock-zapping lazer called ChemCham. Chemistry and Camera complex (ChemCam) is a suite of remote sensing instruments on Mars for the [...]
As the automated manufacturing environment continues to evolve, the ability to analyze high-speed processes in order to increase quality and efficiency, along with the ability to identify and resolve immediate manufacturing line problems is essential. Factory floor personnel are required to accurately and quickly analyze and adjust complex electro-mechanical [...]
Vision-based face detection and recognition is one of the most rapidly growing research areas in computer vision and robotics and is widely used in several human related applications. However, vision-based face detection and recognition has been shown to be effective only under normal illumination conditions. In developing an algorithm [...]
According to research presented at the British Cardiovascular Conference in Manchester, England, the amount a heart ‘bleeds’ following a heart attack can predict the severity of future heart failure. Over 40 percent of people who suffer from a heart attack will be affected by bleeding, or bruising in the [...]
