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 ...

EtherCAT is an open, realtime, and deterministic Ethernet fieldbus standard widely regarded as one of the best industrial networks to date. One reason for its growing use is that it's several orders ...

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.

Since the advent of general purpose motion control 25 years ago, packaging machinery has always been a primary target on the radar screen for suppliers. Packaging is filled with line-oriented machines ...

Over-engineered automation systems create hidden costs and delays. Right-sizing, openness and resilience offer a smarter path to faster development and better performance. 80% of applications use only ...

New ARC research on the GMC market projects solid growth as end users seek solutions that support energy conservation and sustainability initiatives. GMC systems cannot be characterized as a product, ...

Motion control has become a fundamental part of industrial, off-road equipment and other automation applications from simple to mechatronic, and programming motion control has been simplified with the ...