UK made: Small Robot Company reveals is first commercial robot

Hampshire start-up Small Robot Company has revealed its first commercial robot (right), designed to pinpoint weeds using camera. Called Tom and manufactured in Northumberland by Tharsus, initial customers include Lockerley Estate, Waitrose’ Leckford Estate and the National Trust. “SRC’s first service using Tom will be per-plant weeding,” according to the company. “This is now in field ...

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Harwin sponsors GB Olympic bobsleigh team

Hampshire connector maker Harwin has become an official sponsor of Great Britain’s bobsleigh team – currently preparing for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. “Harwin’s philosophy has always been about finding pioneering ways to set new benchmarks and striving to accomplish more,” said company spokesman Ben Green. “The technology that we develop has to ...

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Look to dragonflies for better drones

Flapping-wing drones are likely to look more and more like insects as their performance increase, according to researchers at the University of South Australia who have made a detailed study of dragonfly flight to improve the design of drones. “Dragonflies are supremely efficient in all areas of flying,” said UniSA professor Javaan Chahl. “They can ...

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And through the round window. . .

Suitable for indoor and harsh environments as well as more unusual designs for indoor displays, the FLR-0959MLV0PCFA1  is a series of round displays by FutureLabs which are now available from Relec Electronics. The 9.5-inch TFT and PCAP (projected capacitive) displays have an active display area of 240mm. Resolution is 1540 x 1540 with 1000 CD/M2 brightness. ...

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Industrial server motherboard for 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors

Aaeon has created a server motherboard for Intel’s 3rd generation Xeon Scalable Processors – codenamed Ice Lake-SP. The industrial ATX board is called ARES-WHI0. “This new generation of Xeon SP brings higher processing speeds and Intel’s deep learning boost technology, allowing for greater acceleration and more efficient processing for AI server applications,” according to Aaeon. ...

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80A non-isolated PoL sits up on edge

Flex Power Modules has announced a 198W point-of-load dc-dc converter in a 33 x 8.6 x 19mm single-in-line format. Called BMR474, it is a digital non-isolated PoL that can deliver 198W. Efficiency is as high as 95.1% at 12Vin 3.3Vout full load – chunky output pins help to keep resistive losses at bay. An optional pre-fitted heatsink is required ...

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Si Catalyst adds six startups

Silicon Catalyst has admitted six new companies into its incubator: AlphaICs,  Lelantos, Oculi, Salience Labs, Sonical and Visual Dawn. The ecosystem that Silicon Catalyst has created lowers the capital expenses associated with the design and fabrication of silicon-based IC’s, Sensors, and MEMS devices by providing tools and services from a comprehensive network of In-Kind Partners ...

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