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Siemens and Humanoid and NVIDIA are collaborating on refining Physical AI uses cases for the factory floor. Inside Siemens’ ...

Medical device engineering used to mean building something, watching it fail and starting over. That’s changing fast, as simulation tools and generative AI now allow ...

Pluggable terminal blocks combine fixed and detachable connection elements to simplify wiring changes. Using Altech components as an example, this article examines how terminal block configuration ...

The 2026 EDGE Awards are open for voting now through June 19. This year, we have 54 submissions across 10 categories. Our voting is done by you, the engineers in industry, to decide which products ...

Many applications using miniature brushed DC motors require motors to operate at more than one load point or through specific load cycles. Running a motor at usable load points requires a variable, ...

It seems almost all industries use linear actuators in some way—perhaps to move inventory, products, or components, or to carry out manufacturing and assembly processes. They convert energy into a ...

Nitriding (N) and nitrocarburizing (NC) are thermochemical treatments that diffuse nitrogen and carbon into the surface of metals. Nitriding is used on ferrous, titanium, aluminum, and molybdenum ...

The development and practical application of electroplated zinc-nickel alloy coatings began during the 1980s, and its acceptance and use have grown slowly but consistently ever since. So Zn-Ni ...

Polymer bearings do not operate in isolation. Their performance depends on how bearing materials mating surfaces, housings, ...

In 2011, a handful European businessmen came up with the idea of starting a racing series modeled loosely on Formula 1 but for electric cars. By 2014, the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, or ...

For motor applications, engineers have several options at their disposal. Typically, engineers can choose between direct-current (DC) or alternating-current (AC) motors. Machine Design has covered the ...