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Robot submarine discovers 300-year-old shipwreck with $17bn in treasureJune 12, 2018

After two years of keeping the discovery hidden, a team of researchers confirmed their autonomous robot discovered a 300-year-old shipwreck off the Colombian coast, writes Shelby Rogers

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Mechanical engineering in the Middle Ages: The catapult, mechanical clocks and many more we never knew aboutJune 12, 2018

Mechanical engineering advancements didn't end with the fall of Rome in 476 AD. Engineers continued to labour, often in anonymity, throughout the Middle Ages, writes Christopher McFadden

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SpaceX’s ‘Olympics of engineering’: Ireland’s Éirloop fast-track it to the finalMay 29, 2018

The students of Éirloop are rushing to build their 500km/h pod for the SpaceX Student Hyperloop Pod competition in California in July, writes James Harrington

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The 13 engineers leading the way to the flying carMay 29, 2018

We've never been closer to making flying cars a reality - here are the engineers who are leading the charge

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Wireless robot fly undertakes first independent flightMay 29, 2018

Using a laser beam and a circuit, engineers have successfully created the first robot insect that can fly - called the RoboFly, it can take off and land, writes Loukia Papadopoulos

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19 mechanical engineering innovations that helped define mechanics todayMay 15, 2018

The discipline of mechanical engineering is a very wide and deep one ranging from the smallest component to the complexity of a modern engine

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Japanese engineers invent real life transformerMay 15, 2018

Japanese robotics engineers have developed a real life transformer that can switch between a working car and a giant humanoid robot

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Autonomous robot can assemble an IKEA chair in less than 20 minutesMay 1, 2018

Researchers from Singapore have developed an autonomous robot that can assemble a piece of IKEA furniture in just less than nine minutes, writes Shelby Rogers

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Factory automation: Dealing with technical implementation issuesMay 1, 2018

Implementing automation into factories can be technically and financially challenging; the technical issues can cost both time and money and consume significant engineering resources. Arthur Middleton considers ways to manage these issues

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‘Like children, there are no bad pumps – just pumps in the wrong environment’April 17, 2018

One example, writes Eoin Field, would be where pumps were sized based on 'future expansion' and therefore oversized and a vsd solution could put the pump running at below a minimum Hz

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Gecko-inspired adhesives help soft robotic fingers get a better gripApril 17, 2018

Researchers have developed a robotic gripper that combines the adhesive properties of gecko toes and the adaptability of air-powered soft robots to grasp a much wider variety of objects than the state of the art

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Pedestrian incidents and forensic tribology: An analysisApril 3, 2018

There is much to commend tribology and, for any consulting engineer, the use of experts in this field will allow their clients to derive improved return on capital investment - the inverse may otherwise apply, writes Patrick Donohue

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New brain scanner allows patients to move freely for the first timeApril 3, 2018

A new generation of brain scanner, that can be worn like a helmet allowing patients to move naturally while being scanned, has been developed

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‘Ironclad John’: the Irish engineer who taught the US Navy how to build a submarineMarch 20, 2018

John P Holland, a one-time trainee priest, was fascinated with the Battle of the Ironclads during the American Civil War and, perhaps influenced by '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea', became determined to design a vessel capable of defeating metal ships

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Don’t want to lose a finger? Let a robot give a handMarch 6, 2018

In an effort to minimise injury and let carpenters focus on design and other bigger-picture tasks, a team has created AutoSaw, a system that lets you customise different items that can then be constructed with the help of robots

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Technique to see objects hidden around cornersMarch 6, 2018

Someday your self-driving car could react to hazards before you even see them, thanks to a laser-based imaging technology that can peek around corners

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Horse & carriage? Why engineering and entrepreneurship go togetherFebruary 20, 2018

To develop competitive advantages businesses need graduates with engineering skills and entrepreneurship capabilities in order to continuously improve and remain competitive, writes Colman Ledwith

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Can a cockroach teach a robot how to scurry across rugged terrain?February 20, 2018

Researchers build a robot that moves more like a cockroach

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Drones home in on becoming project manager’s best friendFebruary 6, 2018

With advances in technology and high levels of competition between the top manufacturers drones have become more affordable which has served to increase and make more accessible their commercial and industrial applications, writes Niall Gates

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Engineers make microfluidics modular using LEGO bricksFebruary 6, 2018

LEGO bricks are manufactured so consistently that no matter where in the world they are found, any two bricks are guaranteed to line up and snap securely in place. Given their precision and consistency, the researchers chose LEGO as the basis for a new modular microfluidic design

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