Motion Control/​Automation

Explore the latest developments in motion control and automation. Discover innovative advances from NASA and major research labs in robotics, autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, PID controller applications, motor drives and power transmissions.

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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Square trusses replace round for enhanced strength and robotics compatibility.
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Briefs: Software
This technology could help control driverless cars and automated warehouses.
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INSIDER: Motion Control
A small, inexpensive, and highly accurate gyroscope, developed at the University of Michigan, navigates without GPS. The key to making the gyroscope is a nearly symmetrical mechanical resonator...
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Rutgers University engineers have created a tabletop device that can draw blood or insert catheters to deliver fluids and drugs. The device can accurately pinpoint blood vessels, improving success...
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Massive manufacturing bots have evolved into something new — collaborative robots.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
The new Mars Rover Name is Perseverance, thanks to a suggestion from Virginia 7th grader Alex Mather.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This framework can be used by commercial and military aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
This technology could impact new directions in robotics design.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Thermal cameras, testing software, an ion air knife, and more.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Applications include valves, tubes, and other gas and fluid system components.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The device retrains patients with spinal cord injury to sit more stably and gain an expanded active sitting workspace.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The new arm design enables unmanned aerial vehicles to fly in windy conditions.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The bus is designed for high-frequency, high-temperature operation in electric drive systems and next-generation power electronics.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Beta Technologies is putting their Electrical Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft (eVTOL) prototype through the wringer.
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Products: Test & Measurement
This month: Sensors that measure weather, proximity, pH, and more.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Perovskites Goodfellow (Coraopolis, PA) recently announced a new range of perovskites, a group of materials that demonstrate great potential for optoelectronic applications. Perovskites have a unique and versatile crystal...
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
See what the SuperCam will do when it arrives on Mars in 2021.
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
A bulk-machined “Pop-Up” MEMS process was developed for creating mesoscale machines up to several centimeters in dimension.
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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Rutgers University engineers have developed an automated way to produce polymers, making it much easier to create advanced materials aimed at improving human health. While a human researcher may...
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Such machines, only a few tens of micrometers across, could be used in the human body to perform small operations.
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Briefs: Energy
This robot “blood” stores energy, transmits force, operates appendages, and provides structure, all in an integrated design.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Machine and system designers now have greater options in choosing a motor to meet motion control requirements.
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Briefs: Motion Control
Systems of tiny robots could build high-performance structures, from airplanes to space settlements.
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Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is home to one of the largest buildings in the world — the massive Vehicle Assembly Building — and also hosts a number of one-of-a-kind facilities. The more...
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
These soft robots can be rolled up and carried in a pocket.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Conventional fastening mechanisms like nails, bolts, and welds are subject to manufacturing and inspection tolerances, differential thermal growth, and other sources of error that lead to over-constraint, among other...
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Today's advanced smart CNC controls allow manufacturers to optimize the manufacturing process right on the factory floor
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Encoder The AI25 hazardous series AI25 encoder from Dynapar (Gurnee, IL) is suited for Class 1 Division 2 applications where a Zone 1 or Division 1 encoder may have previously been specified. It features both BiSS and SSI...
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