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During Machine Design’s Motion Systems Takeover Week (Oct. 20–24, 2025), we explored how the fusion of mechanical motion and data-driven control is reshaping high-precision applications across ...

The Dereneville Modulaire MK III crafted by AVDesignHaus is considered the best turntable in the world (Fig. 1). Although the investment for this fine system might be extremely high, audiophiles love ...

The idea of building a machine from isolated parts, each with its own setup and software, no longer fits how modern automation works.

The cobot feeder includes a storage and retrieval assembly with a UR force- and power-limited robot pedestal, enclosed steel ...

Integrated motion control allows all kinds of robots to tackle a range of tasks with precision, in contrast with conventional machinery.

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 ...

Just as different motion control systems have different characteristics, so too do the different networks used by those systems to communicate. Understanding those differences can have a major impact ...

Danaher Motion said today that it has acquired Motion Engineering Inc. (MEI), a supplier of networked motion control products to OEMs in the chip manufacturing, electronics assembly and medical ...

Historically, moving and pointing a camera while filming was the job of a highly-skilled individual. However, there are machines that can do that, enabling all kinds of fancy movement that is ...