German owned Knuth Machine Tools USA, Lincolnshire, Ill., has been in business since 1923, with manufacturing plants in Germany, Turkey and China, offering chip-making and forming equipment in both ...

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Imagine a robot with an all-around bump sensor. The response to the bump sensor activating depends on the previous state of the robot. If it had been going forward, a bump will send it backwards and ...

Breaking down a machine into systems based on both functionality and resources can simplify design and maintenance, a concept explored in a recent column from Control Design. For controls engineers, ...