Citation
(2007), "Web sites Force sensing", Industrial Robot, Vol. 34 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2007.04934cag.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Web sites Force sensing
Web sites Force sensing
This is the web site of Mechanical Engineering Magazine from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The usual items expected from this type of site are available job opportunities for mechanical engineers, information on new products, literature, etc. The side bar containing information such as book details in the book review section is not particularly useful as it seems disjointed form the text but the web site is promised a facelift soon so may have improved design layout. Articles from back issues are available to read back to 1998 and a search facility helps track down articles of interest. This site is worth looking at for readable articles about mechanical engineering subjects.
The web site from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is comprehensive, easy to use and loaded with information. Electronic editions of ASME Codes and Standards, Conference Papers, and Standards Technology Publications (ASME ST-LLC) are available online which enables you to immediately download the publication to your computer which is a useful time and paper saving feature. ASME's Communities of Practice is an online interaction tool which links to helpful resources, industry news and solutions and ideas from peers. Access to the Communities of Practice site is open to both members and non-members of ASME.
Under the career's section along with jobs and the ability to post your CV are resources for entrepreneurs which includes articles such as a 60-second guide to making the most of your business day and tips on blogging. This site is so vast you could get spend a good length of time reading it and still have more for another day.
Tekscan's Mission Statement states that it is “committed to delivering the most advanced thin-film tactile pressure and force sensors, systems, and enabling electronics in the world”. This web site gives details about their products which are used in a variety of applications including, medicine and dentistry. There is product information and also case study details which illustrated with clear images and graphics helps explain the basics of their pressure and force sensor systems. This is a good site explaining the company's products and services well.
This is a patent search engine which gives you the ability to search the database of full text patents. The advanced search option allows you to search under 25 different categories in the basic search including, patent number, inventor, title and abstract or use the expert search facility which includes the ability to use Syntax References. Full text versions of some patents are available online and it is all free to use. The advertising at the bottom of the page is operated by Google and can become a little distracting from the main purpose of this site but they may be of interest to some people.
Once registered (for free) you can download the images for the patents in the form of a pdf and also export the patent as a reference into EndNote or BibTeX which will be really helpful to researches to organise their references. Searches can be saved and also alerts can be set up to automatically run searches at specified intervals and to then report matching documents to you in the manner you choose. The links to the “crazy patents” will bring a little light relief to your day as you cannot believe that people spent the time and money patenting some ideas. Overall this is an excellent patent search web site and a useful tool for researchers in any field to use.