http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room Welcome to the Adept Scientific Press Room Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:31:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2013/01/15/designing-a-humanoid-dynamic-robot-that-can-walk-run-and-jump/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2013/01/15/designing-a-humanoid-dynamic-robot-that-can-walk-run-and-jump/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:23:42 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=5033
Maplesoft has announced its collaboration with Engineered Arts, the company that designs and produces RoboThespian robots. Under the collaboration, MapleSim, which is available in the UK from Adept Scientific, is playing a critical role in the design and modelling of a new balancing and walking robot.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2013/01/15/designing-a-humanoid-dynamic-robot-that-can-walk-run-and-jump/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2013/01/06/project-helps-perfect-humanoid-walking-in-robots/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2013/01/06/project-helps-perfect-humanoid-walking-in-robots/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:26:36 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=5037
[Using MapleSim] T­he University of Manchester is carrying out a project to help perfect the process of ‘humanoid walking’ in robots. The new Centre for Interdisciplinary Computational and Dynamic Analysis (CICADA) at Manchester has been working with Professor Darwin Caldwell at the Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, who has been developing a compliant humanoid robot [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2013/01/06/project-helps-perfect-humanoid-walking-in-robots/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2013/01/04/simulation-lifts-design-exercise-to-a-higher-level/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2013/01/04/simulation-lifts-design-exercise-to-a-higher-level/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:29:29 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=5040
A Norwegian university research project is using computer models to predict the performance of complex offshore materials handling equipment. In the short term, the work is helping designers pick the best components for the job; ultimately, the aim is to automate more of the design process.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2013/01/04/simulation-lifts-design-exercise-to-a-higher-level/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/17/simulation-tool-lets-humanoid-robot-run-and-jump/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/17/simulation-tool-lets-humanoid-robot-run-and-jump/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:21:23 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=5030
Modelling and simulation software [MapleSim] from Canadian firm MapleSoft is playing a critical role in the design and modelling of RoboThespian: a next generation, full size humanoid dynamic robot that can walk, run, jump and sing.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/17/simulation-tool-lets-humanoid-robot-run-and-jump/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/11/maple-case-study-rules-of-attraction/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/11/maple-case-study-rules-of-attraction/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:14:29 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4993
Maple‘s multiprocessor support is helping to speed up and simplify the design of complex magnetic field control systems at Oxford Instruments.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/11/maple-case-study-rules-of-attraction/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/10/maplesim-aids-in-the-design-of-robothespian-a-robot-that-walks-and-talks/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/10/maplesim-aids-in-the-design-of-robothespian-a-robot-that-walks-and-talks/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:25:08 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4976
  Maplesoft (Ontario, Canada) has announced its collaboration with Engineered Arts Limited, a company that designs and produces the revolutionary RoboThespian™ robots. The current RoboThespian is a life-sized, programmable, humanoid robot designed to be used for entertainment and communication. It can talk and sing – and even recite Shakespeare. The next generation RoboThespian robot will [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/10/maplesim-aids-in-the-design-of-robothespian-a-robot-that-walks-and-talks/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/06/maplesim-case-sudy-engineering-professor-uses-maplesim-to-introduce-more-exploratory-methods-of-teaching/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/06/maplesim-case-sudy-engineering-professor-uses-maplesim-to-introduce-more-exploratory-methods-of-teaching/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:09:39 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4987
Dr James Andrew Smith, Electrical and Biomedical engineering professor at Ryerson University, Toronto, uses MapleSim to deliver an “inductive approach” to learning, allowing students to explore systems and derive equations from the behaviours they observe.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/06/maplesim-case-sudy-engineering-professor-uses-maplesim-to-introduce-more-exploratory-methods-of-teaching/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/01/from-model-to-machine/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/01/from-model-to-machine/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:17:52 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=5027
Researchers in Norway are using models to predict the performance of complex offshore handling equipment.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/12/01/from-model-to-machine/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/29/maplesim-case-study-modern-techniques-bring-system-level-modelling-to-the-automation-industry/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/29/maplesim-case-study-modern-techniques-bring-system-level-modelling-to-the-automation-industry/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:02:56 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4981
Combining MapleSim and B&R Automation Studio allows for the efficient implementation of system-level modeling into the B&R toolchain.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/29/maplesim-case-study-modern-techniques-bring-system-level-modelling-to-the-automation-industry/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/29/combination-of-maplesim-and-br-automation-studio-enables-dramatic-reduction-in-development-time/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/29/combination-of-maplesim-and-br-automation-studio-enables-dramatic-reduction-in-development-time/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:23:10 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4972
Maplesoft™ (Waterloo, Canada) has announced the release of a new product that allows engineers to integrate high-performance, multidomain system models from MapleSim into B&R Automation Studio.  Available from Adept Scientific (Letchworth, Herts), the MapleSim Connector for B&R Automation Studio is the result of a partnership between Maplesoft and B&R, the global leader in industrial automation, [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/29/combination-of-maplesim-and-br-automation-studio-enables-dramatic-reduction-in-development-time/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/08/modelling-offshore-handling-equipment/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/08/modelling-offshore-handling-equipment/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:45:41 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4935
With offshore oil and gas drilling rigs costing millions a day, their crews need to ensure they get the job done as quickly as possible. That job involves assembling the thousands of meters of flexible pipe that make up a drill string, and doing so safely and consistently on a remote platform where space is [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/08/modelling-offshore-handling-equipment/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/06/maplesim-case-study-the-course-is-set-maple-and-man-diesel-turbo/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/06/maplesim-case-study-the-course-is-set-maple-and-man-diesel-turbo/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:32:00 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4931
Find out how Maple is helping engineers at MAN Diesel and Turbo design propulsion systems for some of the world’s biggest ships.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/06/maplesim-case-study-the-course-is-set-maple-and-man-diesel-turbo/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/01/maplesim-builds-more-reliable-machines/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/01/maplesim-builds-more-reliable-machines/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:22:08 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4923
A Norwegian university research project is using MapleSim models to predict the performance of complex offshore materials handling equipment. In the short term, the work is helping designers pick the best components for the job. Ultimately, it aims to automate more of the design process.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/11/01/maplesim-builds-more-reliable-machines/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/10/25/maplesim-used-in-the-creation-of-breakthrough-vehicle-driving-simulator-technology/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/10/25/maplesim-used-in-the-creation-of-breakthrough-vehicle-driving-simulator-technology/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:50:06 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4912
With support from Maplesoft, VI-grade, an engineering simulation software provider, has produced the award- winning breakthrough driving simulator technology, VI-DriveSim Dynamic.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/10/25/maplesim-used-in-the-creation-of-breakthrough-vehicle-driving-simulator-technology/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/09/12/maplesoft-and-vi-grade-combine-to-bring-modern-modelling-techniques-to-vehicle-design/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/09/12/maplesoft-and-vi-grade-combine-to-bring-modern-modelling-techniques-to-vehicle-design/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:48:29 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4881
  MapleSim models integrate easily with VI-CarRealTime The latest release from MapleSoft (Waterloo, Canada) of MapleSim™ integrates Maplesoft’s physical modelling tool with vehicle dynamics tools from VI-grade. The MapleSim Connector for VI-CarRealTime allows engineers to incorporate high-fidelity, multidomain models created in MapleSim into the real-time vehicle simulation environment of VI-CarRealTime. MapleSim, available from Adept Scientific [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/09/12/maplesoft-and-vi-grade-combine-to-bring-modern-modelling-techniques-to-vehicle-design/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/09/11/tighter-modelica-integration-in-latest-release-of-maplesim-provides-unmatched-system-level-modelling/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/09/11/tighter-modelica-integration-in-latest-release-of-maplesim-provides-unmatched-system-level-modelling/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:13:16 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4875
  Enhancements include tools to speed up testing and experimentation process The latest release of MapleSim™, the Modelica®-based physical modelling and simulation platform, has been announced by Maplesoft™ (Waterloo, Canada). With tighter Modelica integration, as well as more simulation, analysis and connectivity capabilities, MapleSim 6 is available from Adept Scientific (Letchworth, Herts) and offers even [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/09/11/tighter-modelica-integration-in-latest-release-of-maplesim-provides-unmatched-system-level-modelling/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/08/24/the-driving-force-in-automotiveq/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/08/24/the-driving-force-in-automotiveq/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:16:05 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4866
The use of modelling and simulation tools is a growing trent in automotive design.  Beth Sharp finds out why…]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/08/24/the-driving-force-in-automotiveq/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/08/10/the-power-behind-battery-design/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/08/10/the-power-behind-battery-design/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:38:49 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4857
Mathematical based modelling and simulation software from Maplesoft is being used to develop high-fidelity models of hybrid-electric and fully electric vehicle batteries In the fast-moving hybrid-electric and fully electric vehicle market, manufacturers are being forced to come up with new designs faster than ever before. So, the industry is turning to math-based physical modelling techniques [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/08/10/the-power-behind-battery-design/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/07/17/maplesoft-adds-consulting-services-to-its-portfolio/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/07/17/maplesoft-adds-consulting-services-to-its-portfolio/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:43:23 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4813
  Adept Scientific (Letchworth, Herts) has long offered its own consultation resources to customers across their product range. In a move to enhance this offering, Adept is now able to formerly call upon Maplesoft’s (Waterloo, Canada) newly created professional consultancy services which will complement Adept’s expertise and provide a project implementation route for customers. Maplesoft’s [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/07/17/maplesoft-adds-consulting-services-to-its-portfolio/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/05/23/the-intuitive-nature-of-maplesim-allowed-my-team-to-create-high-fidelity-models-in-a-short-period-of-time/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/05/23/the-intuitive-nature-of-maplesim-allowed-my-team-to-create-high-fidelity-models-in-a-short-period-of-time/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 10:57:01 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=4716
This [MapleSim] played a vital role in the success of this modular HIL test platform which allowed component testing, power level estimation, as well as validation of power management and path planning algorithms.” Dr Amir Khajepour, Canada Research Chair in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems and Professor of Engineering in the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department at [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2012/05/23/the-intuitive-nature-of-maplesim-allowed-my-team-to-create-high-fidelity-models-in-a-short-period-of-time/feed/ 0