Humanoid robots are moving closer to real-world deployment – and their progress depends on physical intelligence and real-time reasoning.<br /><br /> ...

The Edifier MR5 nearfield monitors are multifaceted boxes of joy, although they're a little too busy for their own good.

Analog and digital optoelectronic sensors combine an LED and an optoelectronic integrated circuit in a compact package to enable optical encoders to provide absolute or incremental position detection ...

Part 1 of this FAQ looked at the optical rotary encoder, a low-cost, high-resolution, easy-to-use sensor for indicating incremental shaft position (although it can be “upgraded” to indicate absolute ...

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to improve the resolution of incremental analog encoders. In practice, the outputs of analog encoders are not the quadrature sinusoidal waves, in which there ...

Here is a trick that allows you to connect one or more rotary encoders to a microcontroller while using only one analog input.

Eventually, automation hardware becomes obsolete. It’s hard to know exactly when to retrofit or redesign, but some indications cannot be ignored. It’s time to upgrade when: The system’s tolerances and ...

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