Abstract: A system for determining an orientation of a tool axis with respect to a coordinate frame of a robot is described herein. The robot includes a tool holder and a plurality of fiducial markers for defining a first coordinate frame of the robot. A calibration device is provided having a second fiducial marker for a tracking system to track positions and configured to couple to the tool holder; and rotate relative to the tool holder when coupled to the tool holder. A computer having a processor is configured to fit a circle or arc to recorded positions of the calibration device. The recorded positions of the calibration device are recorded when coupled to the tool holder, is rotated relative to the tool holder. A vector normal to the fitted circle or arc is calculated to determine an orientation of the tool axis. A method of use is also provided.

Abstract: A probe assembly for determining a saturation pressure of a liquid includes a manifold having at internal passage and an elongated bulb defining a chamber and having a distal tip portion and a proximal portion. The bulb is secured to the manifold at the proximal end portion with the chamber in fluid communication with the internal passage. A charging port is selectively in fluid communication with the internal passage of the manifold. A pressure transmitter is configured to detect a pressure within the chamber of the elongated bulb.

Abstract: A self-sustaining sensor is provided, being configured to detect a fill level, a limit level, or a pressure of a medium or to measure an interface of a mixture of media in a transport container, the sensor including: a closed housing configured to be submerged in the medium; and a sensor element arrangement including one or more sensor elements arranged in or on the housing, in which the sensor is configured to rest on a bottom of the container and/or to float on a separating layer of the mixture of media during measurement, without being fixed to the container. A self-sustaining fill level measurement system, limit level measurement system, or pressure measurement system is also provided. A method for detecting a fill level or a limit level or a pressure of a medium or for interface measurement of a mixture of media in a transport container is also provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described to concentrate and homogenize a remote sample for analysis. A sample concentration and homogenization system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, at least a first valve, at least a first column fluidically coupled to the first valve, a flow meter fluidically coupled with the first column when the first valve is in a first flow path configuration to measure an amount of the liquid sample passed through the first column, and a homogenization valve including a sample homogenizing loop in which the concentrated sample is homogenized.

Abstract: A gas sensor includes a sensor element and a controller. The sensor element includes an element body provided with a measurement-object gas flow section therein, a measurement electrode disposed in the measurement-object gas flow section, an outer pump electrode provided in the element body so that the outer pump electrode comes into contact with a measurement-object gas, a reference electrode, a reference-gas introduction section that causes a reference gas to flow to the reference electrode, and a reference-gas adjustment pump cell constituted by including the outer pump electrode and the reference electrode. The controller performs a moisture-absorption-state diagnosis process of diagnosing a moisture absorption state around the reference electrode based on a pump current flowing through the reference-gas adjustment pump cell when the reference-gas adjustment pump cell is controlled to pump out oxygen from a periphery of the reference electrode to a periphery of the outer pump electrode.

Abstract: A measuring system includes a vibration-type transducer including a tube and measuring system electronics electrically coupled to a vibration exciter and a sensor assembly, wherein at a drive point, the vibration exciter is positioned such that a drive offset is no more than 3 mm and/or less than 0.5% of the tube length, and wherein a vibration node of a second or higher order, lies within the reference cross-sectional area, and wherein the measuring system electronics is configured to both provide a drive signal with a sinusoidal current having a frequency such that the frequency deviates from a resonant frequency of a vibration mode of a second order naturally intrinsic to the tube by less than 1% of the resonant frequency and/or by less than 1 Hz, and to perform a self-diagnosis of the measuring system based on a corresponding signal component of at least one vibration measurement signal.

Abstract: A method for integrating a sensor into a metal part including creating, by additive printing, of a first portion of the part, including a volume for housing a sensor. The volume has a width greater than that of the sensor. The method also includes depositing the sensor in said housing volume and creating, by additive printing, a second portion of the part covering the sensor and forming a molten puddle in the housing volume, on either side of the sensor.

Abstract: A sensing substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The sensing substrate includes a base substrate, a heat electrode and a strain detection electrode which are disposed on the base substrate, and an insulation layer covering the heat electrode and the strain detection electrode. The heat electrode is configured for heating, and the strain detection electrode is configured to detect strain. The heat electrode and the strain detection electrode each have a metal mesh structure.

Abstract: A car wash additive measuring system and method use a bubbler which provides a flow of pressurized gas through each bulk container. A pressure of each individual flow of pressurized gas is measured by a pressure transducer to output a signal indicative of the level of additive stored in the container. Flow rates of the respective flow of pressurized gas may be adjusted to accommodate particular additives.

Abstract: A sensor casing is disclosed that has an open receiving space which has a peripheral edge as a creep barrier at the open end. The receiving space is filled with a potting compound. The cured potting compound forms a concave surface with respect to the peripheral edge. A method for potting an open receiving space of a sensor casing of this kind is also disclosed. The peripheral edge has an outwardly declining slope which allows temporary overfilling of the receiving space during a potting process so as to form a stable convex potting compound surface.

Abstract: A test method of the present disclosure includes: applying a thermal grease on a support plate; placing a press plate such that the press plate faces the support plate with the thermal grease interposed between the press plate and the support plate; changing a distance between the support plate and the press plate; and observing a shape of the thermal grease after the distance between the support plate and the press plate is changed. The pumping-out performance is determined based on the shape of the thermal grease.

Abstract: A sensor includes a structure and a detector. The detector is arranged to detect a deformation of the structure. The structure has at least four elastic sections. The at least four elastic sections are discretely disposed in an imaginary plane.

Abstract: A method for dynamically acquiring data representing a part to be tested, the method includes a multi-element sensor acquiring data concerning the part to be tested, transmitting an ultrasonic shot, receiving a returned wave returned by the part resulting from the ultrasonic shot, generating data representing the part to be tested, and during the data acquisition step, a relative movement between the sensor and the part to be tested, the method further includes generating corrected data representing the part to be tested by simulating a relative movement between the sensor and the part to be tested up to a reference position.

Abstract: Systems and methods to provide remote support services to a testing device are disclosed. An example testing device includes a computing device configured to obtain a measurement value related to the material or component under test. The computing device includes: a display; an input device; a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor and storing computer readable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: in response to first input via the input device, transmit a request for a technical support service to a remote computing system; perform, at the computing device, one or more remote service actions associated with the technical support service.

Abstract: An exemplary platform independent sensing platform system and method that streamline the sensing operations of unmanned aerial-amphibious vehicles for remote or wide area analysis and/or monitoring of a body of water. The exemplary sensing platform system and method employ a remote sensing payload that wirelessly tethers to an edge sensing platform to operate synchronously with one another as the remote sensing payload samples a body of water at different depths and at different locations while being deployed and extracted from a given different locations by the unmanned aerial-amphibious vehicle.

Abstract: In a battery pack, a battery monitoring circuit is connected to a battery module including a plurality of battery cells to monitor the battery module. The detection sensor detects an electrolyte leaking in the battery module, and includes a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series between a power supply supplying a first voltage and a ground terminal, and a variable resistor connected to the first resistor in parallel and having a resistance that varies depending on the electrolyte leaking in the battery module. The detection sensor transfers, as a sensing voltage, a voltage at a contact between the first resistor and the second resistor to an input terminal of the battery monitoring circuit.

Abstract: A force sensor comprising a beam having a longitudinal axis and a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; a first Wheatstone bridge disposed on a first face of the beam, including multiple tension gauge resistors and multiple compression gauge resistors; a second Wheatstone bridge disposed on the first face of the beam, including multiple tension gauge resistors and multiple compression gauge resistors; wherein at least one tension gauge resistor and at least one compression gauge resistor from each of the first and second Wheatstone bridges is disposed at a proximal end portion of the beam; wherein at least one tension gauge resistor and at least one compression gauge resistor from each of the first and second Wheatstone bridges is disposed at a distal end portion of the beam.

Abstract: A method for fills and/or cleans the measurement cell of a measuring instrument, namely a viscometer and/or density measuring instrument, in particular of a rotational viscometer. A sample is introduced via a sample line into the measurement cell by a pump, and wherein a dynamic viscosity and/or density of the sample is determined in the measurement cell. A funnel-shaped, reversibly openable receiving container, in particular a filling funnel, for the sample, is arranged in the sample line, between the pump and the measurement cell. The receiving container is opened and the sample is introduced into the receiving container. The receiving container is connected to the pump via a pressure line in such a way that, when pressure is applied into the receiving container, a proportion of the sample is dispensed out of the receiving container and introduced into the measurement cell.

Abstract: A gas detection device comprises a pump module for drawing in air; a sensor module including a plurality of unit sensors detecting a gas included in the air; a driving module driving the pump module and the sensor module; and a case including a main body mounted to allow at least one among the pump module, the sensor module, and the driving module to be detachable and a cover connected to the main body to allow the at least one among the pump module, the sensor module, and the driving module to be exposed.

Abstract: A multichannel pipetting head comprises a plunger actuator comprising at least one groove with an upper border, and a lower border. A plurality of plunger-cylinder units, wherein each plunger-cylinder unit comprises a cylinder and a plunger comprising a plunger head. The plunger head comprises a projecting upper abutment region adjoining the upper border, a projecting lower abutment region adjoining the lower border and laterally offset relative to the projecting upper abutment region, a plurality of guides. Each of the cylinders is coupled to a neck and held on each of the plurality of guides. During lateral movement of the plurality of guides, the plunger head is configured to tilt in the groove and to be held with the upper abutment region abutting the upper border and with the lower abutment region abutting the lower border of the groove due to restoring forces that occur during tilting in the plunger-cylinder units.