In some factories, computers called cell controllers provide coordination among individual workstations and computer-controlled machines. In some factories, computers called cell controllers provide ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The company performs specialized parts grinding for global aerospace and defense companies such as Honeywell, Boeing, GE, Rolls Royce and Pratt & Whitney. Anmark LLC, which has specialized in grinding ...