Actuators / Motors / Servos

The robots could be used in swarms to pollinate a field of crops, or to search for survivors in disaster areas.

The key to the team’s actuator’s quick movements is in its bi-stable design, and the shape it prefers depends on the temperature.

Selecting the correct motor is critical to overall performance for autonomous mobile robots.

The new Multiturn Inductive Angle Encoder can be used for robot joints, servo motors, cartesian robots and more.

Heidenhain’s MRS encoder module series for robotic arms has been redesigned embedded bearings to better withstand outside tilting forces.

GAM’s newest GCL cycloidal gearboxes provide high precision and rigidity for horizontal and vertical robotic and motion control applications.

Celera said the IncOder CORE is suited for integration into rotary joints for surgical, medical and industrial robots.

NH1-D series frameless motors fit into smaller machines requiring precision, high efficiency, low inertia, and high torque density.

Heidenhain’s new KCI 120 Dplus rotary encoder provides both motor feedback and position measurement.

The Series A supports the launch of the Archimedes Drive, which relies on friction instead of gear teeth to transmit torque.

The ATX West show is next week. Check out our show guide with a curated list of robotic vendors to visit while at the show.

The Profinet communication protocol is designed to meet the demanding conditions within an industrial environments.

Genesis Robotics launches LiveDrive LDD 1800 series direct-drive actuators, that enable high speed, oil-free, low maintenance operations.

Performance Motion Devices (PMD) recently debuted its new ION/CME N-Series Digital Drives, new members of the ION Digital Drive family that provide high-performance motion control, network connectivity and amplification. The N-Series ION digital drives feature a patented, ultra-rugged PCB-mountable package with three power output levels – 75, 300, and 1,000 W. All ION/CME N-Series Digital…

Harmonic Drive announced its new RSF-5 miniature actuator with an integrated servo drive. This evolutionary product eliminates the need for an external drive and greatly simplifies cabling while retaining high-positional accuracy and torsional stiffness in a compact housing. The RSF Mini and Supermini series is a family of compact actuators that deliver high torque with…

Packaging operations continue to embrace automation as a way to reduce labor costs and workplace injuries while improving the efficiency and quality of packaged goods. But the use of automation isn’t evenly distributed, with large consumer packaged goods producers running with more automation than smaller packaging firms. One area ripe for increased automation are operations…

New soft actuator can flap nearly 500 times per second, giving drones insect-like resilience.

Outer space is unforgiving. This is why precision drives embarking on a trip to other planets need to meet extremely high quality standards. Every Mars drive from maxon is based on a catalog product and is modified for the specific mission. That’s because the DC motors, gearheads, and encoders face brutal conditions during liftoff, the…

Years of collaboration between maxon and the space experts at JPL led to the development of the BLDC motors which handle the valuable soil samples on Mars during the Perseverance mission. Meet maxon’s specialists behind those actuators and find out what drives them. Was there once life on Mars? To answer this question, NASA has…

More than 100 electric motors from maxon have been used on the Red Planet and have withstood cosmic radiation, dust storms, and temperature fluctuations. With the Perseverance rover, precision drives are once again flying to Mars. The key to success is the same as before: standard industrial products. Mars missions without maxon drive systems? Unthinkable!…

Celera Motion has added the Aura Absolute Chip Encoder Series to its line of precision rotary and linear optical encoders with MicroE technology. Aura uses a short wave-length LED for precise absolute position decoding. Celera said the series is designed for collaborative robot arms, robot joints, robotic grippers, surgical robots and exoskeletons. An incremental scale…

Celera Motion today announced its Capitan Series of premium Ingenia servo drives. The Capitan Series is designed for surgical robots, exoskeletons, robotic joints, flat actuators, end-effectors, haptics and more. The Capitan Series offers three servo drives – the XCR, NET and CORE. The XCR is a ready-to-use version, while NET and CORE are pluggable module…