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Article #4 of Connectivity and Sensing in Harsh Environments Series: Cars, Construction Equipment, Trucks, Buses, Airplanes, Trains, and other vehicles require connectors that withstand vibrations, shocks, humidity, dust, and other unfavorable conditions to perform reliably.

Rugged connectors meet the connectivity demands of transportation

Introducing the Connectivity and Sensing in Harsh Environments Series: Advancements in aerospace, defense, construction, power systems, automobiles, nuclear reactors, and various other fields have made it necessary for systems engineers to ensure reliable performance in the harshest environments.

Connectivity and Sensing Technologies Proven in the Harshest Environments

Article #4 of our Industrial IoT revolution series: To deal with the extremities of harsh environments like construction, mining, or agriculture, physical and wireless interconnects need to be engineered for durability.

Engineering interconnects for harsh environments

Removing litter from oceans and seas is a costly and time-consuming process. As part of a European cooperative project, a team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is developing a robotic system that uses machine learning methods to locate and collect waste under water.

Robots collect underwater litter

The world is full of life-threatening jobs. There was a time when humans merely gritted their teeth, accepted the risk and trusted that the training they received would protect them from harm. However, there is a growing trend of using robots to do the tasks that could harm humans.

How robots are saving humans from doing dangerous jobs