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Pre-Training Center for Humanoid Robots - China

A humanoid robot conducts screw fastening training at a data collection pre-training center for humanoid robots in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, December 4, 2025. Using technologies such as physical simulation, virtual reality, and big data modelling, the data collection pre-training center helps robots adapt to diverse tasks from handling precision components to daily household services, while shortening research and development cycles and reducing relevant costs. The center has attracted companies to test their robots here through structured courses and assessments. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Duan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pre-Training Center for Humanoid Robots - China

A technician teaches a humanoid robot to use a wrench to tighten a screw at a data collection pre-training center for humanoid robots in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, December 4, 2025. Using technologies such as physical simulation, virtual reality, and big data modelling, the data collection pre-training center helps robots adapt to diverse tasks from handling precision components to daily household services, while shortening research and development cycles and reducing relevant costs. The center has attracted companies to test their robots here through structured courses and assessments. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Duan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF BLOIS : MONUMENTAL STAIRCASE WITH SCREW, INTERIOR. "EXCAVATED LIKE AN IVORY FROM CHINA" ACCORDING TO BALZAC, COVERED WITH FINE RENAISSANCE SCULPTURES, ITALIANATE ORNAMENTS (STATUES, BALUSTERS, CANDELABRAS) AND ROYAL EMBLEMS (SALAMANDERS, CROWNS, "F" FOR FRANCOIS I, "C" FOR CLAUDE FROM FRANCE), IT OPENS BETWEEN THE BUTTRESSES BY LARGE BAYS ON THE COURTYARD OF THE CASTLE. ITS SLOPING, HELICALLY SHAPED VAULT, SUPPORTED BY EXTERNAL RECTANGULAR BUTTRESSES, MAKES IT A RECURRING SYMBOL OF FRENCH ARCHITECTURE IN THE RENAISSANCE AND HERALDS THE INNOVATIONS OF THE TIME ON STAIRCASE ARCHITECTURE, WHICH BECOME, MORE THAN FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT, A MAJOR AESTHETIC ADDITION. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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36th Inner Mongolia Agricultural Expo in Hohhot

HOHHOT, CHINA - MARCH 26, 2025 - Visitors view a fully mounted double screw AM hydraulic flip plough at the 36th Inner Mongolia Agricultural Expo in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China on March 26, 2025.

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36th Inner Mongolia Agricultural Expo in Hohhot

HOHHOT, CHINA - MARCH 26, 2025 - Two visitors view a fully mounted double screw AM hydraulic flip plough at the 36th Inner Mongolia Agricultural Expo in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China on March 26, 2025.

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Mobile repair shops for military equipment presented in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 29, 2025 - Screw-cutting lathe of the Ukrainian-made mobile maintenance shops designed to repair weapons and military equipment in the field, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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150th anniversary of Kobe Naval Training Center

KOBE, Japan - Minako Koyama (L), great-great-granddaughter of Katsu Kaishu (1823-1899), a statesman and naval engineer, and Masuo Fujimoto, head of a group of descendents of the men of the Kanrin Maru, Japan's first screw-driven steamship that Katsu captained on a visit to the United States in 1860, attend a ceremony on Aug. 30, 2014 in Kobe, western Japan, marking the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Kobe Naval Training Center.

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Technology devised to treat broken bone with bone-made 'screw'

MATSUE, JAPAN - Shimane University professor Yuji Uchio and Nano Corp., a Tokyo precision instrument maker, have jointly developed a technology to treat a broken bone with a ''screw'' (in photo) made from the patient's bone, the professor and company officials said Jan. 6. The technology takes a bone piece as small as a peanut from a patient and processes it into a screw 1 to 5 millimeters in diameter.

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Mitsubishi Heavy develops reusable 'shape-memory' screw

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said June 26 it has developed a ''shape-memory'' reusable polymer screw that becomes smooth when heated, allowing it to be easily removed from household electric appliances for recycling. The top photo shows a screw made of the polymer in its standard shape, and the bottom photo shows the screw after it has been heated to 120 C, causing the thread to be absorbed into the screw for easy removal. Once the screw has cooled down, it reassumes its original shape.

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Eero Aarnio retrospective exhibition

The Eero Aarnio retrospective exhibition of the designerös work in furniture, lamps, small objects and unique one-off pieces from the 1950s to the present at Design Museum in Helsinki. 7th April 2016. PIC: Screw -table. Aarnio celebrates his 90th birthday on July 21, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Xinjiang, My home: A family workshop promoting ethnic embroidery to outside world

STORY: Xinjiang, My home: A family workshop promoting ethnic embroidery to outside world DATELINE: March 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: SHIHEZI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): AIKYN MAMERHAN STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese): AIKYN MAMERHAN "My name is Aikyn Mamerhan. I'm in charge of an embroidery cooperative in Shihezi Village. We specialize in producing ethnic Kazakh embroidery products. I have three daughters. The oldest one has taken a job after graduating from university. And this is the elder one of the twin sisters and this is the younger one. This is my wife. We usually shoot some short videos and post them through (short-video platform) Douyin to promote our ethnic embroidery products. I can fix the sewing machine myself. The sewing machine, as you can see, the part is broken. We should put it inside properly, push it up, and then turn the screw. It's easy. Now it's done. These are my twin daughters. They are at junior high school and they are good at studying. My w

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KAIWA's stainless steel vise for MC

Kaiwa (Uenohara City, Yamanashi Prefecture) has launched a new stainless steel 5-direction centering vise for machining centers (MCs) that holds workpieces from four directions on both sides of the XY axis. It is suitable for ultra-precision machining of workpieces up to 50 mm in length and 60 mm in width using a 5-axis MC. The mouthpiece is interchangeable to suit the machining purpose. Even rectangular or round-shaped workpieces can be held securely. Both Y-axis and X-axis workpieces are fixed in the center position by separate screw tightening operations. "Mr. Yamazoe says, "The unique structure of the machine, which has no internal bearing mechanism, prevents rattling even after long-term use. The clamping jig of the optional vise has elasticity to soften the impact when the machining head and other parts collide. The vise is assembled from multiple parts. The external size is 120mm (length) x 110mm (width) x 90mm (height). Photo taken on November 1, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Crawler-type mobile robot developed by NEDO and Tohoku University

A research group from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and Tohoku University announced on the 26th that they have developed a crawler-type robot that can move continuously in all directions. It is expected to be used as a driving mechanism for moving objects such as electric wheelchairs and mobile navigation robots. In the past, "omni-wheels," which can move in all directions by combining three or more wheels, were developed, but these wheels had limitations in overcoming steps and could not move smoothly on soft surfaces due to their small footprint. The robot has a simple structure consisting of two motors required for omni-directional movement and a minimal power transmission system including screw gears, making it easy to maintain. (Photo taken on August 26, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Technology devised to treat broken bone with bone-made 'screw'

MATSUE, JAPAN - University of Tokushima professor Yuji Uchio and Nano Corp., a Tokyo precision instrument maker, have jointly developed a technology to treat a broken bone with a ''screw'' (in photo) made from the patient's bone, the professor and company officials said Jan. 6. The technology takes a bone piece as small as a peanut from a patient and processes it into a screw 1 to 5 millimeters in diameter. (Kyodo)

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Technology devised to treat broken bone with bone-made 'screw'

MATSUE, JAPAN - Shimane University professor Yuji Uchio and Nano Corp., a Tokyo precision instrument maker, have jointly developed a technology to treat a broken bone with a ''screw'' (in photo) made from the patient's bone, the professor and company officials said Jan. 6. The technology takes a bone piece as small as a peanut from a patient and processes it into a screw 1 to 5 millimeters in diameter. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa divers pray for souls of sunken U.S. warship crew

Takeshi Sugiura (front) and another diver put flowers on the screw of what appears to be a U.S. World War II mine sweeper and pray for the souls of its crew members at a depth of 40 meters in the sea 3 km off Kouri, an island in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the war's end. ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Developer of eco-friendly bio-toilet based on sawdust

Toshihiro Kitsui shows a bio-toilet workable in the absence of a sewage system as pictured in Asahikawa on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 3, 2015. The toilet, developed by his small company, mixes human waste with sawdust with the help of a screw, giving out little odor and permitting the mixture to be used as fertilizer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Developer of eco-friendly bio-toilet based on sawdust

Toshihiro Kitsui stands by a bio-toilet developed by his small company for use in the absence of a sewage system as pictured in Asahikawa on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 3, 2015. The toilet mixes human waste with sawdust with the help of a screw, giving out little odor and permitting the mixture to be used as fertilizer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Heavy develops reusable 'shape-memory' screw

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said June 26 it has developed a ''shape-memory'' reusable polymer screw that becomes smooth when heated, allowing it to be easily removed from household electric appliances for recycling. The top photo shows a screw made of the polymer in its standard shape, and the bottom photo shows the screw after it has been heated to 120 C, causing the thread to be absorbed into the screw for easy removal. Once the screw has cooled down, it reassumes its original shape.