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, ...

It governs the precise movement of actuators, motors and other mechanical components. The technology combines controllers, ...

Accurate, repeatable positioning is crucial to a host of medical devices — everything from CAT scanners to blood-testing equipment to milling machines for lenses. And motion must often be in more than ...

If you’re engineering medical devices these days, chances are you’re looking for solutions that support miniaturization and increase performance. “A key trend in medical devices is miniaturization,” ...

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, ...

There are a number of linear motion technologies availableto machine and device designers, each with advantages and disadvantages.Medical device design in particular, in which applications typically ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rumors are circulating about the new Xbox 360 dashboard update emulating the kind of motion-controlled interface seen in <i>Minority Report</i>. Jeff is CNET Editor at Large and a host for CNET video.