Robotics

Using drones to protect wind turbines from ice

Damp, cold conditions are the enemy of wind power. If a layer of ice forms on the rotor blades, this can result in rotational imbalance and, hence, increased wear. In such cases, the turbines often have to be shut down for ...

Automotive

Why some speedometers lag behind reality

Have you ever noticed how sometimes the display on your vehicle's speedometer is different from the speed shown on the navigation app on your phone?

Robotics

A centimeter-scale quadruped leverages curved-crease origami

Centimeter-scale walking and crawling robots are in demand both for their ability to explore tight or cluttered environments and for their low fabrication costs. Now, pulling from origami-inspired construction, researchers ...

Business

Energy-cutting efforts by big firms, partners see mixed results

New research from the University of Oregon and Western University has shed more light on the social effects of large corporations working directly with smaller, overseas manufacturers to make their processes more climate ...

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