Part 1 in a series of articles on motor control design starts with an introduction to motors and controllers. Electric motors consume almost half of the electricity produced worldwide. They, in fact, ...

Improvement in the design of medical equipment for better-streamlined functionality and performance is influenced by a number of critical factors. The research, design, modeling, testing, prototyping, ...

JOBY recently announced a new line of content creator microphones, and they’re not done yet. The Spin and Swing are two new motion control devices for mobile content creators. The Spin is a Bluetooth ...

Very early motion control systems used mechanical gearboxes and levers to select speeds and drive power, but these systems were quickly replaced by analog electronic controllers that provided much ...

All motion control systems aim to maneuver loads down paths with a predefined motion. If this intended motion is achieved by comparing actual load motion to desired motion and then making corrections, ...

Following a few rules when selecting a single-source supplier makes putting together a motion-control system a snap. Designing a motion-control system can be a trying affair. Time and budget ...

Aerotech’s Sensor Fusion is a 3U data acquisition device integrated with the Automation 3200 (A3200) motion controller that provides precise time alignment of motion and data acquisition functions, ...

Dear readers, I have seen the future of gaming! Here, see for yourselves. Check out the preview for the upcoming sci-fi flick “Gamer,” and you’ll see a future in which video game enthusiasts use their ...

The global motion control software market has slower growth as compared with the market for other components used in motion control systems. The motion control software is provided by vendors along ...

Come on baby, let’s do the locomotion. We have an interesting follow up on a newly discovered Nintendo patent. This refers to a patent for what appears to be a peripheral meant for the Switch 2.

Leap Motion said Thursday that it will be delaying shipments of its device, which allows users to control their PCs with gestures. The company had originally planned to ship its accessories the week ...

In theory, a distributed architecture simplifies equipment design by putting right-sized automation as close as possible to the driven machine elements. The SIMODRIVE POSMO series of distributed ...