News tagged with forklift operators

Robo-forklift keeps humans out of harm’s way

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are working on a better way to handle supplies in a war zone: a semi-autonomous forklift that can be directed by people ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Applying math to design new materials and processes for drug manufacturing

Trial-and-error experimentation underlies many biomedical innovations. This classic method -- define a problem, test a proposed solution, learn from failure and try again -- is the main route by which scientists ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Zero-emission fuel cell back-up power now available for RVs

Fuel-cell cars have been a tomorrow technology as long as I've been reporting on them, but it looks like 2015 will be the year they finally go commercial, with hundreds of thousands (you read that right) planned for production ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Crash sensor boosts safety in warehouses

For reasons of workplace safety, storage shelves in warehouses are subjected to routine testing of their stability. These inspection rounds are time-consuming and deliver just a snapshot in time. Researchers ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A closer look at how humans interact with technology

Most people have just one question regarding Roombas: How well do the robotic floor vacuums suck up pet hair and dust bunnies? A few might even wonder if their Roomba could go rogue and chase the family cat ...

Technology / Other

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NREL teams with industry to validate methanol fuel cell technology

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is collaborating with Oorja Protonics of Fremont, Calif., on a two-year project to deploy and demonstrate methanol fuel cells for power pallet jacks, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

'There's the orbiter, go put a motor in it'

The first time anyone installed a main engine in a space shuttle in 1980, it took three days and prompted a series of changes that quickly became standard practice.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Pellets reduce costs, but not enough for cellulosic ethanol producers

Despite reducing transportation and handling costs, pelletizing cellulosic biomass would not be cost-effective for ethanol producers, according to a Purdue University study.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Farmers defend way of life with Facebook, Twitter

(AP) -- When a video of dairy cows being punched and prodded with pitchforks was recently released by an animal rights group, it made the rounds on YouTube and generated the expected angry responses.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Congress Considers Cow Power, Other Alternative Energy Technologies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Legislators attending this year's Congressional Energy and Energy Efficiency Expo and Forum in Washington, DC, last week were quick to point out the problems with fossil fuel -- from cave-ins ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Self-regulating molecular 'transformers' control intracellular protein delivery

Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have uncovered the Transformer like properties of molecules responsible for carrying and depositing proteins to their correct locations within cells. The research ...

Biology /

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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