Topic: Motors and Drives

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Markforged 3D Printers to be Featured in the BattleBots 2019 World Championship

June 6, 2019 · Markforged helped 29 BattleBots teams compete for the title with metal-strength, lightweight parts.

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Contest Helps Spur Student Curiosity in STEM

June 1, 2019 · Student Design Competition Profile: BEST Robotics

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RAPID+TCT 2019 Drives Additive Manufacturing to Next Level in Motor City

May 24, 2019 · Thousands of attendees delve into 3D printing, the future of manufacturing, digital twins, data management and so much more.

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Behind the Scenes at Materialise in the Midwest

May 23, 2019 · Factory tour at Michigan-based 3D printing production facility provides a peek at the company's innovations in the medical sector.

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Essentium Shows Off High Speed Extrusion (HSETM) 3D Printing Platform

May 23, 2019 · Showcased publicly in the US for the first time at Rapid + TCT, the HSETM 3D printing platform promises speed, strength and scale.

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Maplesoft Releases MapleSim 2019

May 23, 2019 · MapleSim 2019 family of products offers more tools for creating digital twins and other system-level modeling projects.

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3D Systems Announces General Availability of Figure 4 Modular Digital Light Printing (DLP) Production Solution

May 23, 2019 · Company also announces five new DLP and selective laser sintering (SLS) production materials.

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America’s Cup Challenger American Magic Flies Across the Water with Stratasys 3D Printing

May 21, 2019 · US team for world-renowned competitive sailing event taps into carbon fiber for end-use racing parts.

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Impossible Objects Unveils Next-Generation 3D Printer, Partners with BASF to Bring Composite to 3D Printing

May 21, 2019 · The CBAM-2 3D printing system delivers complex parts at production speeds and volumes, while partnership with BASF makes strong, heat-tolerant PA6-carbon fiber composite parts printable at scale.

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Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Uses Stratasys’ Fortus 450mc and F370 3D Printers

May 20, 2019 · IndyCar team gains capitalizes on Fused Deposition Modeling technology from Stratasys for prototypes and production-grade racing car parts.

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Robots with a Soft Touch

May 19, 2019 · 3D printed soft robots could could help address the shortage of healthcare workers.

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University of Waterloo Research Team Uses Maple, MapleSim to Support Autonomous Vehicle Development

May 17, 2019 · The Motion Research Group at the University of Waterloo's Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR) has been contributing to the body of research around autonomous vehicles by working on a project related to self-driving vehicles.

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Edge Computing Opportunities and Frustrations

May 1, 2019 · Balancing quality and quantity of edge data presents a difficult challenge.

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Saint Thomas Academy’s Experimental Vehicle Team Earns Four Awards in NASA Competition

April 18, 2019 · The EV team places first among U.S. high schools; team beat all but two university teams before falling in tiebreaker to European Space Consortium for high school students.

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Simcenter Amesim Announces Major Simulation Upgrades for Automotive, Aerospace and Marine Industries

April 17, 2019 · By extending Modelica support and integration with other Simcenter solutions, Simcenter Amesim helps users to set up a toolchain throughout the development cycle.

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Meeting Design and Regulatory Challenges of Autonomous Air Taxis

March 25, 2019 · Frankfurt Airport manager Fraport is working with Volcopter to potentially use electric, vertical take-off multicopter (eVTOLs) to carry passengers through an urban transport network.

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Automate 2019 introduces “Automation Works!” day to help manufacturers, exhibitors fill open jobs

March 20, 2019 · Last day of the April 8-11 show in Chicago will include theater sessions focused on working in automation and the chance for job seekers to connect with exhibitors looking for new employees.

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Making Autonomous Vehicles Smarter

March 1, 2019 · Combining real-world info and simulated conditions to build a data set.

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UC Berkeley Demonstrates ‘All at Once’ 3D Printing

February 25, 2019 · New system uses light to create solid objects in a matter of minutes

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ADAPT Consortium Looks to the Future of Additive Manufacturing

January 28, 2019 · MIT's new initiative brings together manufacturers, 3D printing companies, academics

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