For maximum efficiency, the boundary conditions of the complete electro-mechanical system should be mapped During the optimization of a stepper-motor-based motion control system design an engineer ...

With the rise in robotics, industrial automation, and the Internet of Things, the need for sophisticated motor control has dramatically increased. But sensorless operation and sophisticated algorithms ...

ACS Motion Control has developed an algorithm -- ServoBoost -- designed to provide significant throughput enhancement for motion-control products. The company noted that ServoBoost also minimizes ...

The internal model principle is a 30-years-young idea that serves as the basis for a myriad of modern motion control approaches. One such algorithm — harmonic cancellation — is indispensable to ...

Stepper motors are now being used more frequently in industrial environments. Increased performance and reduced size make them increasingly attractive, and their application is no longer limited to ...

Designing robots requires precision and flexibility. When creating a humanoid robot system, there are mechanical and electrical considerations that you need to understand before beginning the actual ...

High-performance motors need a control mechanism that ensures enhanced smoothness, reliability, and efficiency. One of the most apt examples of such an application is the motor used in ...

To meet the forthcoming demand, the photonics industry must undergo an expansion by three orders of magnitude. Silicon photonics emerges as the most efficient, scalable, competent, and eco-friendly ...

Micro hole drilling accuracy using laser power instead of mechanical drill bits allows for a reduction in hole pitch and diameter. Motorized XY tables with linear motors are perfect to the long travel ...

As part of our research for the February 2011 feature story, “Control Vendors Put More in the Box,” Automation World posed a handful of questions via e-mail to vendors of integrated logic and motion ...