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On April 23, 2025 in All, Connectors, General, Industrial, Motor Control, Robotics by Bill Schweber

Robot cable management is essential for durability and performance. Flexible routing, strain relief, and protective solutions prevent wear, ensuring reliable functionality in multi-axis robots and high-movement setups.

AMD Xilinx Robotics Starter Kit Accelerates Design and Development

On September 23, 2022 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, General, Industrial, Robotics by Xilinx

Designing robots is complex, especially mobile and autonomous robots. Modern robots will incorporate AI, machine vision, and 5G connectivity, which puts a lot of responsibility on design teams. Fortunately, AMD Xilinx has a robotics starter kit which may be fit for your design.

Depth Sensors Visualize Volumes

On April 15, 2022 in All, Automation, Computing, Dev Tools, EIT 2022, Robotics, Security, Sensors by Jon Gabay

Many new machines and robots will be able to take advantage of modular 3-D sensing and measurement thanks to the recent Analog Devices’ Time of Flight development kit. As a reference design or an OEM module, volumetric sensing just got easier.

Tagged With: distance sensing, factory, machine vision, occupancy, ranging, robot, volumetric

Mouser-sponsored Team HUGE Steps Back Into The BattleBox

On January 7, 2022 in All, General, Robotics by Erik Smith

Team HUGE is back for another season of BattleBots! Mouser is proud to continue its sponsorship of this fan-favorite team. We spoke with HUGE’s creator, Jonathan Schultz, to see what we can expect in this exciting new season!

Tagged With: battlebots, battlebox, bot, discovery channel, huge, robot, science channel, team huge

Pandemic Doesn’t Stop Mouser Bot From ‘BattleBots’ Competition

On December 30, 2020 in All, General, Robotics by Tommy Cummings

Lead engineer Jonathan Schultz and his Team Huge partners used the downtime during BattleBots’ COVID-19-related postponement to make Mouser Electronics’ entry an even more effective fighting force for this season’s competition.

Tagged With: battlebots, bot, bots, covid-19, discovery, fights, huge, motors, pandemic, protcols, robot, robotics, robots, schultz, wheels

Try These STEM-Style ’Bot Kits for Kids

On July 1, 2020 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, General, STEAM, Student Central, Summer Fun by Tommy Cummings

Here are four suggestions for a robotic kit that takes a STEM approach while offering new technologies such as artificial intelligence platforms, Wi-Fi, sensors, and more.

Tagged With: bot, buggy, kit, kits, micro, modules, robot, robotics, sensors, servo

HUGE Bot Smashes Competitors

On September 12, 2018 in All, General, Robotics by Erik Smith

BattleBots is back, and one team has made a HUGE impact using a unique design. Sponsored by Mouser Electronics, Team HUGE is currently undefeated, with angry-robot-eyes set on the prize! We interviewed the team to learn about HUGE’s design, then added a miniature HUGE papercraft for you to build.

Tagged With: BattleBots, BattleBox, Bot, Discovery Channel, HUGE, Robot, Science Channel

Reverse Engineering K9: The Lovable Cobot Dog from Doctor Who

On May 18, 2018 in All, Computing, EIT 2018: Generation Robot, Robotics by Alex Misiti

Although the Dr. Who K9 is said to be from the year 5000, many of the highly advanced (and at the time, fictional) capabilities he possessed are now a reality in 2018.

Three Modern Laws of Robotics for Our AI Driven Lives

On January 17, 2018 in All, Computing, Robotics by Robert Ostrout

We may not (yet) have robots walking our dogs, but robots are certainly making their way into our daily lives. With names like Alexa, Siri, and Cortana, robots are at our fingertips and are poised for even more advancements and applications in 2018. How do we prepare ourselves for this modern AI society? The answer: We must apply the three “modern” laws of robotics.

Tagged With: Alexa, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Echo, Robot, Robotics, Siri

Domotic Wars

On July 31, 2015 in Automation, Robotics by Arden Henderson

Houses are getting smarter. Intelligent houses are called "domotics," a name created in 1984 by journalist Bruno Latour. Lots of smart interconnected things are now rapidly appearing in houses, and interconnected on the internet, the so-called Internet of Things. IPv6 will finally become routine as IPv4 runs out of IP addresses. (What? Your ISP doesn't provide IPv6 yet? Check out Hurricane Electric's IPv6 tunnelbroker site; reference below.)

Tagged With: Domotic, Home Automation, Robot, Security

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