Tactile and self-healing robot is becoming a reality

Human skin is difficult to duplicate because it is not only flexible, tactile and self healing. However, the latest discoveries by scientists are giving such characteristics to robotic skin. Do you think only the life of the skin is flexible and compressive, tactile, self-healing? Recent research shows that robotic skin can and may even perform better than human skin. Researchers at the University of Glasgow in the UK used graphene to develop an electronic robot skin that is more tactile than human hands. According to foreign media reports, Glasgow University professor Ravinder Dahiya said the newly developed robot skin is essentially a tactile sensor that scientists will use to create more lightweight prostheses and softer, more natural-looking robots on the surface. This sensor is also the first step toward softer robots and more sensitive touch screen sensors. This low-power smart robot skin is made of a layer of monatomic layer graphene. The power per square centimeter of skin is 20 nanoWatt, which is equivalent to the lowest quality photovoltaic cell available at the moment. While the skin`s photovoltaic cells can not store the energy they generate, engineering teams are exploring ways to transfer unused energy to the battery for use when needed. Graphene is a new type of nanomaterial found to be the thinnest, the largest in strength and the most conductive and thermally conductive. Due to its good strength, flexibility, electrical conductivity and other characteristics, it has great potential in the fields of physics, materials science and electronic information. In terms of optical properties, some studies have shown that singl

Mainland into the world`s largest dumping of electronic waste

UNU recently released the world`s first "regional e-waste inspection" research report, referring to 12 Asian countries and regions constitute the largest consumer electronics group, accounting for nearly half of the market, including mainland China, including East Asia and Southeast Asia, the number of electronic waste from 2010 Growing by 63% between 2015 and 2015, and the total volume of e-waste and per-capita production are growing rapidly, exceeding the population growth rate and putting pressure on the environment. The report pointed out that technological innovation to speed up the frequency of new product launches, especially the replacement of portable electronic products faster and faster, leading to the continued increase in e-waste in Asia. UN researchers point to the alarming rise in the number of e-waste countries in countries that are not environmentally responsible for managing their e-waste management infrastructure. Mainland into the world`s largest dumping of electronic waste

3 Products That Keep Modern Industrial Automation Humming

New Tech Tuesdays Join journalist Tommy Cummings for a weekly look at all things interesting, new, and noteworthy for design engineers. Keeping modern industrial automation humming-from maintaining assembly lines running to managing power distribution-requires a multitude of products for businesses of all sizes. Manufacturers continually strive to create and refine products that will enhance productivity and safety while controlling costs. Maintaining automation standards means better customer service, the lifeblood for manufacturers in a competitive environment. This means increasing and upgrading quality, flexibility, and data analysis collection in the manufacturing process and building on the productivity gains associated with automation, including robots and collaborative robots. With so many moving parts, it`s a process that seems to have no end. Robots and cobots are significant to industrial automation`s progression. The evolution of Industry 4.0 has room for humans and bots working together on the factory floor. A 2017 International Federation of Robotics` positioning paper maintains that automation and the ongoing development of robotics have a positive impact on employment, job quality, and wages. To accomplish this progression, automation developers require a diverse array of parts-sensors providing raw data and feedback, control systems, programmable logic, connected embedded devices. This week`s New Tech Tuesdays highlights three of those products available to keep the industrial hum - humming. From Actuators to Switch Gear to Position Sensor Trinamic PD42-1-1243-IOLINK PANdrive™ IO-Link™ Actuator enables smart facto

Wide range of FPC connectors

FPC connector, that is, FFC sheet flat line connector, currently the main brave connection between the computer hardware and LED components, in recent years, as FPC connectors continue to develop innovation, with smaller size and high flexibility FPC connectors have also been widely used in home appliances, office equipment. With the popularity of smart phones, tablet PCs, FPC connectors are also the most important market for consumer electronics. In addition, instrumentation, automotive electronics, medical equipment, military equipment and other convenient also have part of the FFC connector market. There are about 1000 connector manufacturers in mainland China, of which nearly 300 are foreign-owned or joint ventures. Most manufacturers produce various types of connectors, which also specializes in the production of FFC connectors and manufacturers. Most FPC connector manufacturers also believe that with the expanding market for consumer electronics such as smart phones and tablet PCs, FPC/FFC connectors will continue to grow in demand and gradually. In the rapid development of science and technology today, a variety of electronic products are changing rapidly, smart phones, tablet PCs are increasingly designed to light, thin, small standards, product performance also requires increasingly strong, increasingly responsive. And FPC connectors to not lose this largest market cake, you must follow the trend, and constantly improve, optimize the product, in order not to be eliminated by the trend.