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 ...

In some factories, computers called cell controllers provide coordination among individual workstations and computer-controlled machines. Their duties also may involve supervision of motion ...

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 ...

Nine sections of mechanical engineering freshmen built their own computer-controlled machines in the MakerSpace facility on North Campus last semester, creating whimsical devices that did everything ...

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 ...

IN A FACTORY on the Carolinas’ border, Stanley Black & Decker is assembling cordless electric drills. As part-finished drills travel in boxes along a conveyor belt, a robotic arm photographs and scans ...

Hobbyist 3D printers have had a home in the maker space for years now. Along the way, they’ve left a mark in our imaginations. They’ve tickled our fancy for watching a computer orchestrated symphony ...