Motion control photography allows for stunning imagery, although commercial robotic MoCo rigs are hardly affordable. But what is money? Scratch-built from what used to be mechatronic junk and a hacked ...

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 ...

Motion control has come a heck of a long way since the days of clumsy virtual reality headsets. In fact, we seem to be edging ever closer to that scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise flicks a ...

PI, a global leader in precision motion control and nanopositioning, offers a broad range of piezo ceramic linear actuators for demanding motion applications. The N-216 PiezoWalk® Linear Actuator is ...

Discovering that you needed a motion control shoe was once like finding out that you had to wear braces on your teeth. In the long run, they would be good for you, but unlike, say, racing flats, they ...

Accessibility of ultrafast lasers is increasing, with researchers, OEM tool builders and system integrators leveraging the power of these devices in a range of applications. Image Credit: PI (Physik ...

For a brief period in the late 2000s and early 2010s, motion-control gaming seemed poised to become the future of the video ...

Automating the factory floor is a growing trend across the industrial space. It’s not hard to understand why, since such applications help improve efficiency and production rates. To create the ...

Recently I came across a simple infographic from Power Jack Motion that did a nice job of visualizing the difference between alternating current (ac) and direct current (dc) motors. This article will ...