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We are approaching the end of a nice summer. Time to remind you of our Photocontest. We already received some very nice pictures.

The 3D-models used by companies and corporations for their research and development, are usually kept for internal use only. However there are platforms that companies can use to share and exchange models. The basic concept is…

Jamming is a well-known problem during the assembly of parts with narrow tolerances (such as mounting a shaft in a hole). If the parts are not precisely aligned, they will get stuck and a high force is required to loosen them …

The development within 3D printing is growing fast, as well as the applications for it. Airbus is one of the companies who tries to bring 3D printing to the next level. Their latest project has two wheels instead of wings. The…

“My name is Simone and I'm an inventor from Stockholm, Sweden. Currently spending most of my time building shitty robots and running a Youtube channel about robotics.”
For ACE, Simone is a very inspiring young engineer. Wi…

Kubity from SketchUp allows engineers to show off their own designs in VR. It is an easy way to show your designs in Virtual Reality (VR) without paying a lot of money. You can use free open source software from SketchUp and K…

The venue for this year’s RoboCup European Open, a tournament for autonomous robots, is the Evoluon in Eindhoven from 30 March till 3 April. Eye-catchers include the soccer-playing robots, service and music robots along with a…

Bea Driessen (25) starts off by saying: "I am only a small part of a process". "As a Mechanical Draughtsman - Designer at ACE, I assist one of the main designers in finding solutions to various problems. How can I optimise a m…