Buckets with cylinderactuated moving jaws have been used on front-end wheeled loaders and backhoes for many years. This same articulating jaw concept has also been used for excavator buckets more ...

Rotary actuators replace multiple components and function as rotating device, mounting bracket, and bearing support, all in one. Rotary actuators replace multiple components and function as rotating ...

Linear actuators are a great help when you’re moving something along a single axis, but with so many options, how do you decide? [Jeremy Fielding] walks us through some of the high level tradeoffs of ...

When Bobcat launched its T7X compact tracked loader just in time for ConExpo last year, it wasn’t only different in the sense that it was electrically powered. More unusually, the machine also did ...

Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed a hydraulic actuator[1] that will allow tough robots to operate in disaster sites and other harsh environments. Tokyo Tech ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global rotary actuators market research report by Technavio predicts the market to post a CAGR of close to 5% during the period 2018-2022. A key driver for the global ...

Ele ctro-hydraulic muscles are sometimes a viable alternative to electric motors in robot legs, according to researchers at Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems. This sort of ...

Sea animals such as leptocephali develop tissues and organs composed of active transparent hydrogels to achieve agile motions and natural camouflage in water. Hydrogel-based actuators that can imitate ...