Humans had to carry out all their machining processes by hand for centuries. Even precision tools had to be maneuvered very carefully, inch by inch, by people holding the devices personally. That all ...

When Asst. Teaching Prof. Jonathan Perez de Alderete took the Introduction to Mechanical Engineering course at UMass Lowell as an undergraduate student 13 years ago, he learned how to build a windmill ...

Computer vision has the ability to transform production and quality control and allow for greater efficiency and flexibility. While computer vision is implemented in the manufacturing and automation ...

The pace of innovation continues at an exponential rate. “In the past couple of years, we have seen tremendous growth in the adoption of machine grade control solutions,” says Sean Mairet, product ...

Factory Automation encompasses the manufacturing and/or assembly of parts and subsystems to produce a product by passing it through a series of individual machines or work cells. Sometimes called ...

Examine a computer-controlled machine built in the last 20 years and you’ll note a common design practice... Register or sign in below to download the full article in .PDF format, including ...

Longtime operators of offroad construction equipment may be extremely facile with travel sticks and pedals or levers for blades, booms and end effectors. But an expert operator in every cab is already ...

Researchers introduced a novel method for fabricating functional flat-to-shape objects using a computer-controlled sewing machine. The team's method uses the sewing machine to stitch pockets between ...

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department offers major programs leading to the bachelor of science in electrical-engineering or the bachelor of science in electrical and computer engineering, ...

A new study published in iScience, a Cell Press journal, reveals how the severely paralyzed can drive wheelchairs with thoughts in a realistic environment after non-invasively training an artificial ...