It’s easy to take feedback devices for granted. However, the impact this seemingly minor component can have on a system’s ...

Motion engineers can spend hours optimizing tuning parameters in servo-based systems, and still not get the performance they want. Their time may also be wasted if, at some point in the project, they ...

Monitoring takes the form of sensors and intelligent devices connected to a digital processor. These monitored values are used for computing and then controlling some sort of real-world action. Many ...

Fully realize the potential for integrating event-driven and objective-driven strategies into motion control schemes, optimizing automation beyond what’s possible with traditional electronic cams or ...

The Magellan family of motion-control processors from Performance Motion Devices works with a host that provides position, velocity, and acceleration parameters and implements your strategy decisions.

Thanks to hype in the popular media, the term “automation” tends to conjure images of robots, artificial intelligence and the cloud in the minds of most people. The root of most manufacturing ...

Recent advances in motion control include high-performance servo drives, AI integration, and enhanced communication protocols like EtherCAT. These advances are designed to improve precision, ...

AI can be added to legacy motion control systems in three phases with minimal disruption: data collection via edge gateways, non-interfering anomaly detection and supervisory control integration.

Trajectory generation techniques such as 7-segment S-curve profiles, asymmetric acceleration and deceleration, continuous contouring, and electronic camming are standard features in modern machine ...