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Mallory and Patricia from our Customer Experience team are channeling their Halloween spirit! We’re bringing you October’s roundup in style, with tiny robot armies, micron-level machining, and robotic pumpkin surgery.
Hardware Knowledge
- A “metalens” sensor for microbots was inspired by the depth perception of jumping spiders. + How kirigami paper cutting led to micron-level machining.
- This army of tiny robots builds large structures out of an array of identical pieces. + Motors, pulleys, and joint mechanisms for smooth robotic movement.
- OpenAI’s robotic hand can solve a Rubik’s cube in as little as 4 minutes.
- MIT’s ShadowCam helps autonomous vehicles see around corners. Navigating a parking lot is a difficult thing to ask a self-driving vehicle to do.
- [Photo Series] Consumer tech from the inside out with exploded views. + 6,000 hours in the name of design for Google’s Stadia game controller.
- This 3D printer uses HARP (high-area rapid printing) to achieve record throughput. + How 3D printing is changing the medical industry.
Industry News
- Trick-or-Treat: Candy brands that are taking on Halloween. + Animax and the monster mechanics industry.
- Boeing partners with Virgin Galactic with the goal of advancing commercial spaceflight. + Relativity Space raised $140 million and wants to 3D print rockets in 60 days.
- Industrial IoT company PTC is acquiring Onshape for $470 million.
- Google is investing $150 million into manufacturing products with renewable energy. + Honeywell is investing in warehouse automation and end-to-end robotic solutions.
- The global digital twin market is on the surge and is expected to increase by 40% by 2025. + Q&A on the state of global trade.
- Bose is making headway in healthcare with hearing aid and sleep tech development. + How voice assistants are redefining the consumer journey.
Events + Community
- Want to join our team? We’re hiring across all of our incredible teams. Learn more about our Senior Backend Software Engineer role.
- Women in Hardware is hosting a lively fireside chat here at Fictiv. 🔥All are welcome to join on November 14. #womeninhardwarexfictiv
- The 2nd annual Hardware Summit by Hardware Massive will be on November 6.
Halloween Hardware Haunts
Robotic surgery is bringing you a new way to carve pumpkins. Take a look at a surgical robot operating on a jack-o’-lantern. Happy Halloween!
