Often used to make rugs, tufting is a process wherein a hollow needle is used to cram thread or yarn into fabric in some kind of pattern. This can be done by hand, with a gun, or with big machines.

Accuracy and reliability are crucial to any manufacturer, but precision medical device manufacturing faces higher demands than most. Luckily, available technologies make this precision more achievable ...

Engineezy] might have been watching a 3D printer move when inspiration struck: Why not build a robot arm to clean up his ...

You know it’s hard out there for an artist. Fabricators know what we’re talking about. So does Toolbotics, the Brisbane-based company, so it’s seeking just under $50,000 on Kickstarter to bring its ...

Finite-element analysis (FEA) lets engineers at Alliance Spacesystems Inc. (ASI) of Pasadena, Calif., build a lightweight, yet strong, robotic arm for NASA's "Spirit" Mars rover. By testing the arm ...

NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational ...