Ken Brey

06/09/2009

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I saw an amazing new 3d vision tool at the Robot and Vision Show today. It is the IFM Defector PMD 3DD. This device is a 64X48 pixel distance sensor. It operates by the time of flight principle. A pulse of light infra-red light is emitted by ...

Brent Hoerman

06/05/2009

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On June 2, 2009, I attended National Instruments' RF and Communications Technology Forum held in Schaumberg, IL. It was a very interesting, quick moving 4 hours.  Highlights Watching a demo of using voice to text with LabVIEW qui...

Danny Budzinski

06/04/2009

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A few weeks ago, I was coerced by my girlfriend into buying one of those silly "floor cleaning robots." Yes, I mean a Roomba. I was skeptical, but I sat down and did some research.  Little did I know that while I had been slaving aw...

Frank Riordan

06/01/2009

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This is the third of five postings on our Customer Service Fundamentals. The topic is Be Nice! The previous posting can be found here and here. Be Nice. It is something that everyone is taught from an early age but that not everyone practices c...

Ken Brey

05/27/2009

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Purpose-built 3D scanning tools are an exciting new development in machine vision. People have been building their own 3D scanners for years with cameras and line lasers. Now, a couple of integrated and factory-calibrated units are on the market w...

Darren Jones

05/26/2009

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Underscoring DMC's successes with National Instruments and the US Department of Energy, the Fermilab newsletter from NI featured DMC's work in electrochemical storage test systems at the Argonne National Laboratory. "Internationally r...

Kristie Simon Shea

05/22/2009

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During this past week, DMC had the opportunity to work with Kevin Johnson of ILF Technologies at the DMC office. ILF, located in Romeoville, IL, produces web finishing products for the printing and converting industries. The machine we are current...

Nick Shea

05/21/2009

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Yesterday, I attended the 2009 Energy Management Seminar presented by Schneider Electric. The seminar focused on strategies and technologies to monitor and improve energy efficiency. The keynote speaker, Peter Garforth, made a compelling case for ...

Jody Koplo

05/19/2009

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DMC sponsored Northwestern University's Design Competition once again this year and the turnout and competition were once again amazing. What Went Down? The competition included 12 fully autonomous robots competing head-to-head in a challen...

Frank Riordan

05/15/2009

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A Solar Panel Assembly Project that DMC recently completed was the basis for a feature article in Design World Magazine. The article can be found here. DMC provided controls engineering and programming services for a company that makes machines th...