The original patent holder & leader in guide wheel based linear motion. Perfect 4 long lengths, quiet & extreme environs. We love 2 engineer custom solutions.
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Pantheon® Welding Power: stable, precise, high‑quality automated welds.
Designed for SAW, GMAW & GTAW, Pantheon® systems deliver clean, repeatable welds with locked‑in torch stability. Pair with Pantheon® HMI for full control.
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Mar 19
Greater robot reach with the modular DualVee® RTU-H, a heavy-duty 7th-axis built for seamless integration into turnkey automation systems. DualVee® guidance sheds debris for smooth motion, high load capacity, and reliable performance in harsh industrial environments.
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Bishop-Wisecarver retweeted
Pantheon® Column & Boom Power
Built for Standard, Heavy & Ultra Duty applications with linear‑bearing/VFD control for zero‑drift accuracy. Up to 10ft x 10ft stroke, 150kg payload & optional VFD travel cart for full mobility.
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Mar 11
I love that we get to create these challenges and support #STEM education. Please congratulate Phillipb and his amazing school.
Mar 11
Congratulations to Phillip Silva of Orlando Science High School, winner of the 2025 Wisecarver Innovation Contest, for his impressive submission “LoPro® Linear Actuator & Hepco Rotary Portable Clean Energy Deployment Robot Built for Disaster Response in Extreme Environments.”
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16 Dec 2025
BW delivers automated solutions that provide clean, consistent, and reliable motion for high-precision #medicalsystems.
Our latest Motion Minute™ highlights how our technology enables advanced coil winding for life-critical applications—take a look.
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Bishop-Wisecarver retweeted
3 Dec 2025
We’re finally in December and feeling that end-of-year energy, ready for the holidays and what’s next in 2026… but before we move forward, we’re looking back on all the milestones that made 2025 special.
✨ Explore our #2025Recap → hubs.li/Q03TGl160
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1 Dec 2025
A 17-year-old just built a mind-controlled prosthetic arm for $300.
Yes, $300.
For something that usually costs $450,000.
Let that hit you.
A teenager, working from home, used AI, cheap materials, and 23,000 lines of code to build a device that reads brain signals without surgery, without implants, and without a $450K price tag.
This is not a feel-good story.
It’s a warning shot.
How can a high school student build something 1,500× cheaper than the industry standard?
What does that say about innovation?
About pricing?
About who gets access to life-changing technology?
Of course, medical prosthetics are expensive for real reasons:
materials, testing, regulation, customization.
But let’s be honest — not all of that justifies a half-million-dollar price.
This story exposes a simple truth:
The future of accessibility won’t come from the system.
It will come from the outsiders who dare to challenge it.
If a 17-year-old can match top-tier prosthetics for a fraction of the cost…
why aren’t these solutions available to the millions who need them?
What do you think — breakthrough moment or the start of a bigger revolution?
#AI #Innovation #Healthcare #Accessibility #FutureOfTech
Community note
「脳波で動く義手」ではなく「脳波とモーションセンサで動く義手」である点に留意が必要です。
また、現時点で探索的研究段階であり単純に既存の義手と価格面で比較することはできない点にも留意が必要です。
義手の作者の2025年の論文
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39854835/
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Bishop-Wisecarver retweeted
26 Nov 2025
🧡 This Thanksgiving, we’re thankful for the people who keep innovation moving, our incredible team, our trusted partners, and our valued customers.
Our offices will be closed Thursday, November 27 - Friday, November 28. We’ll return on Monday, December 1, 2025.
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Bishop-Wisecarver retweeted
24 Nov 2025
Flexible #automation is revolutionizing production environments. Robots and cobots are now essential components in every industry.
Discover the benefits of guide wheel-based RTUS and how our innovative solutions can enhance your automation processes: hubs.li/Q03VvDk00
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Bishop-Wisecarver retweeted
10 Nov 2025
In this automated system for removing plastic sausage casings, machine builder ARCtecno required a robust linear guide that could meet the high precision performance requirements while withstanding the harsh conditions of continuous food production. Find out more in this video!
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10 Nov 2025
Murmuration of starlings.. 😊
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11 Nov 2025
At precisely 11:11 a.m. each Veterans Day (Nov. 11), the sun’s rays pass through the ellipses of the five Armed Services pillars to form a perfect solar spotlight over a mosaic of The Great Seal of the United States.
Thank you for your service, Veterans! 🫡
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Bishop-Wisecarver retweeted
14 Nov 2025
I just visited a shop class in Great Falls, Montana where high school students are building houses for people who need a place to call home.
Let that sink in for a moment.
High schoolers in Great Falls Montana, under the guidance of an excellent shop instructor and lots of community support, are building actual houses. Not birdhouses or doll houses – real homes, built to code from the ground up for real people, and move-in ready.
Yesterday, I toured the latest home these kids are in the process of building. It’s the 48th such home built since 1998, through this remarkable program. While I was there, I ran into @GregForMontana. Like me, the Governor was blown away by what these kids were doing and took the time to talk to each one of them, thanking them for their hard work and congratulating them for what they’d accomplished. I was then invited to join the Governor on stage at Great Falls High, where I answered a few questions about mikeroweWORKS, talked about the many opportunities in the skilled trades, and discussed the ways we might be able to encourage more projects like this one, in Montana and beyond.
It's encouraging to see public/private partnerships done right. And really, it’s not that complicated; it just takes a few stubborn people in various organizations who won't take no for an answer. In this case, too many to name, but a quick shout out to Pete Pace, the shop teacher at the center of High School Homes, the administrators in the school district, the principal at Great Falls High, Sherrie Arey and her devoted crew at @neighborworks, the incredibly generous executives at @WellsFargo who offered another round of financial support, and a Governor with the good sense to push through the normal bureaucratic nonsense that kills programs like this. Bravo to all!
Mike
PS. This is the third time in two months I’ve seen a program like this in action. The first was in Western North Carolina, (Rebuilding the Hollars), the second was in New Orleans, (@uCCNOLA.) The projects all have one thing in common - a shop class with an exceptional instructor. Like I said, it takes support from every direction, but a high school shop class is always where it starts.
For years, I’ve argued that removing shop class from high schools was a mistake that would deny a whole generation of students’ critical exposure to a long list of essential careers and rob them of an opportunity to prepare for the all-important apprenticeships on which most skilled careers are built. Today, standing in the shop class at Great Falls, watching dozens of engaged students cutting, hammering, measuring, and fabricating, it occurred to me that I was wrong. Taking shop class out of high school was not merely a mistake - it was the single dumbest decision in the history of modern education. We didn't just rob a whole generation of students, we robbed ourselves, in a colossal, self-inflicted wound that's led directly to a host of unintended consequences - including the current shortages in every essential skilled trade.
Correcting it, should be at or near the top of every Governor’s agenda in every single state. Because tomorrow’s skilled workforce is currently in the 8th grade, and if we don’t meet these kids where they are - right now - with programs like this, we’re in for a world of hurt.
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21 Nov 2025
Could not agree with this more!
14 Nov 2025
Wise words
“My name’s Frank. I’m 64, a retired electrician.
Forty-two years I spent running wires through houses, fixing breakers, making sure people had light in their kitchens and heat in their winters. Never once did anyone ask me where I went to college. Mostly, they just wanted to know if I could get the power back on before their ice cream melted.
Last May, I was at my granddaughter Emily’s school career day. You know the drill — doctors, lawyers, a software guy in a slick suit talking about “scaling startups.” I was the only one there with a tool belt and work boots.
When it was my turn, I told the kids, “I don’t have a degree. I’ve never sat in a lecture hall. But I’ve wired schools, hospitals, and your principal’s house. And when the hospital generator failed during a snowstorm in ’98, I was the one in the basement with a flashlight, keeping the lights on for newborn babies upstairs.”
The kids leaned forward. They had questions — real ones. “How do you fix stuff in the dark?” “Do you make a lot of money?” “Do you ever get zapped?” (Yes, once, and it’ll curl your hair.)
When the bell rang, one boy hung back. Small kid, freckles, hoodie too big for him. He mumbled, “My uncle’s a plumber. People laugh at him ’cause he didn’t finish high school. But… he’s the only one in the family who can fix anything.”
I looked that boy in the eye and said, “Kid, your uncle’s a hero. When your toilet overflows at midnight, Harvard ain’t sending anyone. A plumber is.”
Here’s the thing nobody told me when I was young — the world doesn’t run without tradespeople. You can have all the engineers you want, but if nobody builds the house, wires the power, or lays the pipes, those blueprints just sit in a drawer.
We’ve made it sound like trades are what you do if you can’t go to college, instead of a path you choose because you like working with your hands, solving problems, and seeing your work stand solid for decades.
Four years after high school, some kids walk away with diplomas. Others walk away with zero debt, a union card, and a skill they can take anywhere in the world. And guess what? When your furnace dies in January, it’s not the diploma that saves you.
A few weeks ago, that same freckled kid’s mom stopped me at the grocery store. She said, “You probably don’t remember, but you told my son trades are important. He’s shadowing his uncle this summer. First time I’ve seen him excited about anything in years.”
That’s the part we forget — for some kids, knowing their path is respected changes everything. It’s not about “just” fixing wires or pipes. It’s about pride. Purpose. The kind that sticks with you long after the job’s done.
So next time you meet a teenager, don’t just ask, “Where are you going to college?” Ask, “What’s your plan?” And if they say, “I’m learning to weld,” or “I’m starting an apprenticeship,” smile big and say, “That’s fantastic. We’re going to need you.”
Because we will. More than ever. And when the lights go out, you’ll be glad they showed up.”
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15 Nov 2025
Every year from April to August and from November to January, Baja California is the home to the largest and most spectacular mass migration of Mobula Rays. This clip captures the magic of this underwater flight
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Bishop-Wisecarver retweeted
16 Nov 2025
Today we found something magical, deep in the wild green heart of Sumatra: Rafflesia kemumu in full bloom. One of the world's largest flowers, to see this extremely rare species in full bloom is truly special.
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Bishop-Wisecarver retweeted
16 Nov 2025
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano just unleashed a massive wing shaped eruption with lava fountains soaring 1,500 feet high
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LIVE: See the latest images of comet 3I/ATLAS, the third object we've ever seen passing through our solar system from elsewhere in the galaxy.
We’re sharing what we know about this visiting comet, how we’re studying it, and what we can learn from it. x.com/i/broadcasts/1LyGBXEOl…
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Bishop-Wisecarver retweeted
10 Nov 2025
Can cost-effective automation really make a difference? 💭 We think so.
🌿 Discover the transformative power of cost-effective #automation for your industry.
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Bishop-Wisecarver retweeted
8 Nov 2025
This #NationalSTEMDay, we’re celebrating those early sparks that become the engines of innovation. Because the ideas that power tomorrow’s automation are being imagined today.
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