Applicable to polishing, deburring, machining and assembly, force control is a flourishing robotics control scheme that allows robots to regulate the force they exert on every axis and joint. In ...

RAILWAY AGE, FEBRUARY 2024 ISSUE: Nearly 140 years after the first patent was issued, draft gears and cushioning devices remain as fundamental to railroading as steel wheels rolling on steel rails.

Operators of Boeing 777s are being instructed to replace force-limiter components which could prevent a pilot’s control yoke being freed in the event of the other pilot’s yoke jamming. The control ...